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Laboratory staff examines first batches of new polymers

  • 1968-Apr-19

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Laboratory staff in the High Polymer Division of the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeromaterials Laboratory examining the first batches of new NARPOL polymers used to coat aircraft metals. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): Mr. Ted Baird (Laboratory assistant); Miss Anna M. Kershner (Co-op student); Mr. Art Stander (Chemist); and Mr. William W. Howerton (Chemist).

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United States. Navy, and Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.). “Laboratory Staff Examines First Batches of New Polymers,” April 19, 1968. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/pz50gw09d.

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