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The earliest investigations of sliding friction were prompted by engineering problems like the launching of ships and the braking of wagon wheels. Experiments were first performed on the objects themselves, and later, by building replicas that could be more conveniently managed. Concepts for early friction measuring instruments are credited to Leonardo da Vinci who documented his designs for various sleds, pulleys, journals and inclined planes during the period of 1452-1519 [Dowson (1979)]. Recent work has benefited from the development of sensors capable of measuring and recording friction forces with high precision and accuracy. Yet, even in the face of such advances, friction coefficients are still usually reported to only one or two significant figures. Additional measures of fractional behavior are now readily available. These will be discussed later.
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Blau, P.J. (2001). Experimental Aspects of Friction Research on the Macroscale. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Fundamentals of Tribology and Bridging the Gap Between the Macro- and Micro/Nanoscales. NATO Science Series, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0736-8_17
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