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In the present paper, we consider unexplained experiments known for centuries, which appear in reference books and were obtained both by physicists-experimenters and with the help of a mathematical experiment.
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Maslov, V.P. Similarity laws in thermodynamics: Monomers and dimers and their relations to crises in society. Russ. J. Math. Phys. 16, 492–507 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061920809040049
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