He instantly recognized the importance of Agnes’ work & to his credit he sent them to Nature, putting the weight of his reputation behind supporting the work of an unknown amateur. Nature published Ages’ letter with Rayleigh’s cover letter. This paper, ‘Surface Tension’ is considered a landmark in the history of surface #chemistry

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He instantly recognized the importance of Agnes’ work & to his credit he sent them to Nature, putting the weight of his reputation behind supporting the work of an unknown amateur. Nature published Ages’ letter with Rayleigh’s cover letter. This paper, ‘Surface Tension’ is considered a landmark in the history of surface #chemistry

Find more on my blog: https://minouette.blogspot.com/2026/02/agnes-pockels-find-wonder-while-washing.html?m=1

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For #printerSolstice2526 prompt division here is my #linocut portrait of Agnes Pockels (1862-1935), the self-taught scientist who pioneered surface science.

As a woman she did not get the chance to go to university & study physics like her theoretical physicist brother Friedrich, who discovered the Pockels effect. So at 18 she took her "passionate interest for natural science" to her household chores &
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