Ship Research 1968

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Feltham, Middlesex.

At the Ship Division of the National Physical Laboratory we see various tests being made on boat equipment. The effects of turbulence on a propellor screw are checked in a water tunnel; a wax model of the hull of a ship is worked on; a waxen hull is etched with lines along...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4385
Sort Number:
CP 680
Time in/Out:
01:18:50:00 / 01:21:51:00
Canister:
CP 680
Film ID:
433.05
Issue Date:
04/01/1968

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