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Developing Aviation Fuels and Lubricants*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

C. B. Davies*
Affiliation:
Thornton Aero Engine Research Centre

Extract

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the research and development work necessary to improve existing products and to anticipate demands for new products facilitating the advance in efficiency and performance of aircraft. The experience of Thornton Aero Engine Research Laboratory, in which the author has worked since it came into operation in 1941, has been drawn on almost entirely.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1953

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Footnotes

*

A Lecture read before the Bristol Branch of the Society on 25th November 1952 and to the Gloucester and Cheltenham Branch in December 1952.

References

1. Tabor, D. (1952). The Mechanism of Rolling'Friction. The Philosophical Magazine, October 1952.Google Scholar