Abstract
THE announcement of the discovery of liquids that were doubly refracting and dichroic by Prof. Lehmann some fiftecn years ago was received with considerable mistrust, for the possession by a liquid of these properties which had hitherto beep associated solely with the solid crystalline state seemed at first sight almost inconceivable, and quite inconsistent with the generally accepted ideas as to the molecular tictics of liquids and crystals. The very name of liquid crystal seemed to be self-contradictory. Lehmann 's results, however, were soon confirmed by other physicists, one of the most active amongst whom was Dr. Schenck, the writer of the present work on the subject.
Kristallinische Flussigkeiten und flussige Kristalle.
By Rudolf Schenck. Pp. viii + 158. (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1905.)
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
H., H. Kristallinische Flussigkeiten und flussige Kristalle . Nature 73, 242 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/073242a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/073242a0