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Range of Action of Surface Forces

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THE letter by Bowden and Bastow, published in NATURE1 (as well as their communication to the Royal Society2), not only may give, but already has given, rise to the view that the rigidity of thin water films observed by myself has not been confirmed by the above authors3.

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  1. NATURE, 135, 828 (May 18, 1935).

  2. Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 151, 220 (1935).

  3. NATURE, 135, 834 (1935), ” Points from Foregoing Letters”.

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DERJAGUIN, B. Range of Action of Surface Forces. Nature 138, 330–331 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138330c0

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