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Scientific American, Vol. 91, No. 8 (1904) (1904)

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kness of the wall. That is the case with the thinnest region of a soap film. It is found to have a very definite and uniform thickness. Il is the thinnest thing known, and, by refined optical means its thickness can be accurately measured, in the same sort of a way as a flake of feathery glass can… … used by the author (1:4 to 1:6), the same phenomena will take place, though requiring more time in order ” to be observed. As regards a possible explanation er 2 these experiments, the author is not able to ascertain mately granular, or composed of atoms, like a pile of never could it be resolved…

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