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The Splash of a Drop (1895) — The Public Domain Review

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A delightfully focused study on the physics and aesthetics of a splashing drop, with some wonderful illustrations.

The Splash of a Drop (1895) — The Public Domain Review Home Essays Collections Explore Sources Shop Support PDR About Blog Search Search The Public Domain Review Collections / Books The Splash of a Drop (1895) Professor A. M. Worthington, The Splash of a Drop (London: S.P.C.K., 1895). The transcript of a “Discourse” given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1894, this short text is a delightful study of the physics and aesthetics of splashing drops — phenomena familiar to “any drinker of afternoon tea”. Crediting a “school-boy at Rugby” with making the initial observation “some twenty

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