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DR. C. L. CUTTING and one of us have completed an extensive series of measurements on his subject, and a paper embodying them is now pending publication. Reference is there made to earlier work, especially that of Cassel and Formstecher1. The Gibbs's equation is used in the form 
, and the methods of Ferguson and Hakes2 and of Sugden's2 adaptation of the maximum pressure in bubbles method have been used to determine the F—p curves, which have been followed up to a value of partial pressure close to saturation. They have proved very suitable methods for a wide survey of the field.
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OTTEWILL, R., JONES, D. Adsorption of Insoluble Vapours on a Water Surface. Nature 166, 687–688 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166687a0
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