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Roofs Supported by Air Pressure

Nature volume 161, pages 613–614 (1948)Cite this article

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ROOFS supported by air pressure are being seriously considered for long-span building construction as the result of tests conducted at New York University for the United States War Production Board in 1944.

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STEVENS, H. Roofs Supported by Air Pressure. Nature 161, 613–614 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161613a0

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