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Albert Ferdinand Shore

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Albert Ferdinand Shore (September 4, 1876 – January 17, 1936) was an American metallurgist and the inventor of the Shore durometer. He won the Elliott Cresson Medal.[1]

Shore was born in New York City.

He invented the first quadrant durometer in 1915 to measure the hardness of polymers and other elastomers.[2]

Shore died at Wickersham Hospital in Manhattan of a stroke.[1] He was buried in Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery in North Amityville, New York.

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  1. ^ a b "Albert F. Shore, 59, Inventor, is Dead. Elliott Cresson Medal Awarded to Metallurgical Engineer by Franklin Institute". The New York Times. January 19, 1936. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  2. ^ "The History of Shore Durometer Hardness & KTR's Elements for ROTEX Couplings". April 26, 2012. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
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