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IN September 1928 a committee was appointed by the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to report “On the Mechanical Testing of Timber”. This report has now been issued (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1934). The Committee had its origin as a consequence of work done during the War, in connexion mainly with the design of aircraft, when the testing of timber became a matter of particular importance; as was shown by the amazing development in aircraft construction and reliability. In 1920, a report was published under the auspices of the Aeronautical Research Committee “On the Materials of Construction used in Aircraft and Aircraft Engines”, by Lieut.-Col. C. F. Jenkin, professor of engineering science in the University of Oxford. Prof. Jenkin had served as director of the Materials Section of the Technical Department, dealing with the production of aircraft under the Ministry of Munitions. Chap, x of the report dealt with the mechanical properties of timber in a comprehensive manner.
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Mechanical Testing of Timber. Nature 135, 442–443 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135442a0
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