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Flow Phenomena in Liquid Helium II

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RECENT measurements on the flow of liquid helium II through capillaries have yielded very varied results. We reported earlier1 that the flow through long capillaries bore no relation to a normal laminar or turbulent condition of the liquid, and that the velocity depended only slightly on the pressure head.

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ALLEN, J., MISENER, A. Flow Phenomena in Liquid Helium II. Nature 142, 643–644 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142643a0

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