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The structure and phase behavior of liquid-mercury-supported molecular films of fatty acids (CH3(CH2)n-2COOH, denoted CnOOH) were studied for molecular lengths 7 ≤ n ≤ 24, by surface tensiometry and X ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Form of Mercury Bath--Experiments at the Observatory of Paris” inScientific American Magazine Vol. 84 No. 25(June 1901), p. 388doi:10. ...