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THE plastic state of silica, and the elasticity of fine threads of vitreous silica, were first observed by M. Gaudin (Comptes rendus, viii. 678, 711) in 1839; but his observations seem to have attracted bat little attention, and the valuable qualities of “quartz threads” remained unutilised till they were independently rediscovered and applied by Prof. C. V. Boys in 1887.
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This will obviously involve a careful investigation into its power of condensing gases and vapours.
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SHENSTONE, W., LACELL, H. Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Blowpipe Flame . Nature 62, 20–22 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062020a0
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