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Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station

  • Circa 1949

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General view of the Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station showing assorted samples of viscous materials and equipment used to manufacture and test sealants and adhesives of both rubber and non-rubber bases. The laboratory was equipped with an explosion-proof lighting system and motors. This photograph was included in a 1949 Naval Air Experimental Station report on compounding rubber.

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  • 8 in. H x 10 in. W
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  • Box 1

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Naval Air Experimental Station, and United States. Navy. “Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station,” circa 1949. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/s1784k77h.

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