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Some Recent Experiments in Friction: Friction on Snow and Ice and the Development of some Fast-Running Skis

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BOWDEN, F. Some Recent Experiments in Friction: Friction on Snow and Ice and the Development of some Fast-Running Skis. Nature 176, 946–947 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176946a0

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