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SOMETHING very like the “comb-like masses of ice” appears upon the surfaces of plaster-models such as dentists make, after they have been coated with a preparation called Liquid Silex; except that it is finer and woolly. It seems to be caused by the contraction of the models forcing out very fine jets of water or watery vapour, which dissolves the coating and spins it out until dried and fixed in the shape we find it. The varnish is readily soluble in water.
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BARRETT, S. Ice Crystals and Filaments. Nature 21, 537 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021537c0
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