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Experimental work was done rolling balls on flat plates and in V-grooves at loads and contact angles corresponding to usual thrust-bearing practice. It is shown that the spinning action of the ball with respect to the race should account for the major part of the over-all friction of a thrust-carrying ball bearing. Variables studied included contact angle, conformity, load, lubricant, and temperature. The results have been correlated and shown to follow theoretical predictions.

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This 1961–1962 lubrication digest reviews developments in fluid-film and rolling-element bearings, lubrication for bearings, gears, and automobiles; and covers basic work done in the general areas of friction and wear; elastohydrodynamic, boundary, and full film lubrication; and lubricant properties. The authors cover specific areas of lubrication literature and it is recommended that the reader, even the specialist, peruse related areas since the years of effort in this field have exposed more of the fundamentals; and the conclusious drawn, and the basic laws formulated in one area are important to all areas. It is wistfully hoped that the digest will disclose disproportionate effort because of funding and imbalance between empirical and theoretical work and spur corrective action.

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