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Flow of Viscous Liquids in Branched Tubes: with Reference to the Hepatic Portal Vein

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BARNETT, C., COCHRANE, W. Flow of Viscous Liquids in Branched Tubes: with Reference to the Hepatic Portal Vein. Nature 177, 740–742 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177740a0

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