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MOST methods of measuring kinetic friction merely record the average force necessary to maintain sliding. On theoretical grounds, and from the results of some earlier more primitive experiments, it was considered probable that the frictional force between sliding metals might not be constant. An apparatus was constructed which was capable of recording any fluctuations in the frictional force if they occurred. The lower surface was driven at a slow uniform rate, and the top surface, which rested on it, was attached to a high-frequency device for measuring the friction.
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Bowden and Ridler, Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 154, 640–656 (1936).
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BOWDEN, F., LEBEN, L. Nature of Sliding and the Analysis of Friction. Nature 141, 691–692 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141691b0
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