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Integral Construction A Survey and an Experiment*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

K. L. C. Legg
K. L. C. Legg*
Affiliation:
Short Brothers and Harland Ltd.
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Extract

Carving from the solid is a manufacturing process dating back many thousands of years. Thomas Moore in his sculpture “Recumbent Figure” (Fig. 1) has instanced an example to aircraft engineers of integral construction and, has even gone to the trouble of providing discreet lightening holes.

Art throughout the ages has always looked to the future and while we are still busily applauding Shakespeare and Beethoven we are often left wondering with Moore and Walton.

Aircraft engineering is very much an art but Moore takes his integral construction for granted while aircraft designers are only just beginning to wonder.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 523 , July 1954 , pp. 485 - 504
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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Footnotes

*

A Section Lecture given before the Society on 1st December 1953.

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* A Section Lecture given before the Society on 1st December 1953.