Apparatus for measuring shell strength by crushing, piercing or snapping
- 1 October 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 6 (4) , 327-330
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071666508415591
Abstract
An apparatus suitable for measuring the crushing, piercing or snapping strength of egg shells is described. Sufficient detail is given to enable this relatively cheap apparatus to be built. Its use for the various ways of measuring shell strength is explained.Keywords
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