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THE formation of drops, as the result of a gas or vapour bubble bursting at the surface of water, has been attributed to the break-up of the jet formed when liquid flows into the crater left by the burst bubble, and photographic evidence indicates that large drops are, in fact, formed in this way1.
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Woodcock, A. H., Kientzlen, C. F., Arons, A. B., and Blanchard, D. C., Nature, 172, 1145 (1953).
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KNELMAN, F., DOMBROWSKI, N. & NEWITT, D. Mechanism of the Bursting of Bubbles. Nature 173, 261 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173261a0
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