Commercial Perspex and “Perspex” of zero birefringence are applied in an investigation by the sandwich technique of the stress in a transverse section of a container from which lead is extruded through a die. The use of commercial Perspex in this application is shown to give rise to errors which are avoided by the new material of zero birefringence. The principal stresses in the birefringent layer of the sandwich are evaluated.
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