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Effect of Oil on Disturbed Water

Nature volume 41, pages 205–206 (1890)Cite this article

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GENERALLY speaking, proverbs are the resultant expression of observed facts, but the efficacy of oil upon troubled waters would appear to be a proverb which, instead of being preceded by and founded upon trial and experiment, has rather led to the scientific demonstration and establishment of the truth it asserts.

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BEYNON, R. Effect of Oil on Disturbed Water. Nature 41, 205–206 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041205a0

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