This paper describes measurements of the friction of a fibre (nylon) against a cylinder of dissimilar material (a) Perspex, b) glass) and discusses the effect of a change in cylinder radius. Results were reproducible only when the cylinder surface had been specially cleaned.
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H. G. Howell (1954) studied this question.
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