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PROF. DREYER'S communication1 raises a matter of considerable interest and importance. Engineers know that all materials react similarly on broad principles. That is, they obey Hooke's law, within wide ranges, of course, and conform to other physical changes under stress such as Poisson's ratio.
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Nature, 189, 594 (1961).
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PEARSON, H. Properties of Stressed Bone. Nature 190, 1217 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901217a0
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