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THE manner in which aqueous vapour condenses upon ordinarily clean surfaces of glass or metal is familiar to all. Examination with a magnifier shows that the condensed water is in the form of small lenses, often in pretty close juxtaposition. The number and thickness of these lenses depends upon the cleanness of the glass and the amount of water deposited. In the days of wet collodion every photographer judged of the success of the cleaning process by the uniformity of the dew deposited from the breath.
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RAYLEIGH Breath Figures . Nature 86, 416–417 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086416d0
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