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River in Hampshire, southern England; length 48 km/30 mi. It rises near Ashe and flows south through Stockbridge and Romsey, before flowing into Southampton Water. It is used for trout fishing.



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The method was developed primarily for metals and metal alloys, and, in the case of the Vickers hardness test, dead weight loading with a mass of from 1 kg up to tens of kilograms is applied onto a pyramidal indenter to produce indentations that can be measured easily using a light microscope.
In this modification of the traditional Vickers hardness test, both load and displacement were monitored during the indentation cycle.
 
 
 
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