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The Effect of Radium on the Strength of Threads
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The Effect of Radium on the Strength of Threads

  • J. L. MCKEE1 &
  • W. B. MORTON1 

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WE have carried out some experiments with cotton threads in continuation of those described by Miss Martin and one of us in NATURE of August 17, 1905. The following is a summary of the results obtained:—

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MCKEE, J., MORTON, W. The Effect of Radium on the Strength of Threads. Nature 75, 224 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/075224a0

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