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IT is stated in NATURE, vol. xxii. p. 589, that Faraday gave the name of Regelation to the phenomenon of two pieces of ice freezing together. Surely this is an error? It was in 1856 when Sir Joseph D. (then Dr.) Hooker, Professors Tyndall and Huxley, and the present writer were in Switzerland together. Prof. Tyndall asked us to suggest a suitable term for the process; and it was Sir Joseph Hooker who said he could think of none better than Regelation. Prof. Tyndall instantly accepted it as exactly conveying the meaning he required.
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HENSLOW, G. Regelation. Nature 23, 11 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/023011a0
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