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TABOR, David

Born 23 October 1913. Education, Regent St. Polytechnic, London University (B.Sc. 1934), and Cambridge University (Ph.D. 1939, Sc.D. 1956). Research officer, C.S.I.R. Lubricants and Bearings Section, 1940-45; Acting head 1945-46. Assistant director of research, physical chemistry, Cambridge University, 1946-57; physics 1957-61; lecturer in physics 1961-64; Reader, 1964-73; professor 1973-81; head of physics & chemistry of solids, Cavendish Laboratory 1969-81. F.R.S. 1963.
  1. The influence of temperature on the lubricating properties of some greases. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Journal., 14 (1941), 147-152.
  2. (With F.P. Bowden) The contact of colliding surfaces and the influence of lubricant films. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Journal., 14 (1941), 152-160.
  3. (With F.P. Bowden) Mechanism of metallic friction. Nature, 150 (1942), 197-199.
  4. (With F.P. Bowden) Friction and lubrication - Report No.1. The theory of metallic friction and the role of shearing and ploughing. 2. The friction of thin metallic films. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 145 (1942), 59pp.
  5. (With F.P. Bowden) Friction and lubrication - Report No.2. The lubricating effect of thin metallic films and the theory of the action of bearing metals. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 155 (1942), 24pp.
  6. (With F.P. Bowden and A.J.W. Moore) The ploughing and adhesion of sliding metals. Journal of Applied Physics, 14 (1943), 80-91.
  7. (With F.P. Bowden) The lubrication by thin metallic films and the action of bearing metals. Journal of Applied Physics, 14 (1943), 141-151.
  8. The frictional properties of some white metal bearing alloys: the role of the matrix and the hard particles. Journal of Applied Physics, 16 (1945), 325-337.
  9. (With F.P. Bowden and J.N. Gregory) Lubrication of metal surfaces by fatty acids. Nature, 156 (1945), 97-101.
  10. (With F.P. Bowden) Friction and lubrication. Chemical Society, London. Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry., 42 (1945), 20-46.
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