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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...ignored in the U.S. before the war, is revolutionizing U.S. metallurgy. Thanks to chemists, it is now being produced cheaply and plentifully, playing a big role in the war (e.g., in a four-motored bomber it saves enough in engine weight alone, as compared with aluminum, to increase the bombload-by 360 lb.). Among its many postwar possibilities, Haynes sees a magnesium grand piano that one husky man can lift by himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemists at Work | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

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