IIW History 1948-1958

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thermodynamics, electrotechnology, electronics, the mechanics of fluids, mecha– nography , the strength and properties of materials, the physics of matter and even physiology and medicine. « Furthermore, ince welding is the most modern means of construction, its development is unquestionably bound up with its innumerable applications which touch in their turn upon all human activities in which weldable materials are used ». Through the variety of its applications and achievements as well as through the calculated enterprise of those who create and use wel

P. GOLDSCHMIDT-CT,ER '.l:ONT.