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David Tabor

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British physicist (1913–2005)

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Born: 1913-10-23
Died: 2005-11-26
Works: 6

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Friction
La casa pubblica
Gases, liquids, and solids
The frictional properties of lead-base and tin-base bearing alloys
The hardness of metals

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Listeners: 14
Total plays: 56

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Born: 23 October 1913
Died: 26 November 2005

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Instance of: human
Given name: David
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Cambridge
Occupation: physicist
Educated at: Imperial College London
Employer: University of Cambridge
Languages spoken: English language

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1913 births 2005 deaths 20th-century British engineers 20th-century British physicists Alumni of the Regent Street Polytechnic British fellows of the Royal Society British mechanical engineers English Jews Jewish British physicists Royal Medal winners Tribologists

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University of Cambridge

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Imperial College London

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Cavendish Laboratory

University of Westminster

What links here30 pages

Faraday Medal and Prize

triboelectric effect

contact mechanics

Frank Philip Bowden

Boris Derjaguin

2005 in the United Kingdom

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