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Is marble elastic, you inquire? Yes, tests that the Bureau of Standards show that a specimen of marble when subjected to great pressure stretches or gives a certain degree without breaking. This photograph shows D.W. Keesler conducting the so-called flexture test with a machine while was designed fo
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Is marble elastic, you inquire? Yes, tests that the Bureau of Standards show that a specimen of marble when subjected to great pressure stretches or gives a certain degree without breaking. This photograph shows D.W. Keesler conducting the so-called flexture test with a machine while was designed fo

Harris & Ewing · 1926-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineIs marble elastic, you inquire? Yes, tests that the Bureau of Standards show that a specimen of marble when subjected to great pressure stretches or gives a certain degree without breaking. This photo. 1926-01-01. Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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