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SINCE reading the interesting accounts of this phenomenon by Prof. W. Schmidt1 and Prof. H. Stansfield2, I have noticed several striking instances which yield a clue to their cause. They occurred on the surfaces of clear country streams bridged by planks that touched the water, obstructions which, mechanically, resemble the mill-stream example described by Prof. Stansfield. Evidently the macroscopic agent causing the sudden change in velocity need penetrate only to a very small depth.
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HALL, R. Lines on the Surface of Moving Water. Nature 138, 466 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138466a0
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