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Rediscovery of Da Rios equations

The remarkable story of the discovery of a set of equations at least three times this century shows once again that independent discoveries can occur and exist for some time.

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Ricca, R. Rediscovery of Da Rios equations. Nature 352, 561–562 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/352561a0

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