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MR. MACAULAY and Mr. Preston, in their letters in NATURE of Sept. 4, 1926, and Jan. 1, 1927, raise the interesting question of the mechanism by which the surface layer is produced in the process of polishing. This layer, so thoroughly studied by Beilby, resembles a supercooled liquid so nearly that it has been suggested that the surface layers are liquefied.
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ADAM, N. The Polishing of Surfaces. Nature 119, 162–163 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119162c0
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