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Many natural phenomena attracted the interest of early man. One such phenomenon was the presence of oil slicks on water. The ancient Egyptians were known to have observed the effect of oil in reduction of friction.
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Birdi, K.S. (1989). Introduction. In: Lipid and Biopolymer Monolayers at Liquid Interfaces. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2525-1_1
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