Fire Resistance In Metals 1938

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Item title reads - Greenford.

Testing fire resistant metal. Middlesex.

M/S of thermite burning through ordinary metal, M/S of the holes left by it. M/S of the thermite on new heat and shock resistant steel panel, M/S showing the panel is hardly affected after the chemical has burnt...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17810
Sort Number:
38/061
Time in/Out:
01:40:46:00 / 01:41:26:00
Canister:
38/61
Film ID:
975.34
Issue Date:
01/08/1938

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