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In the 1830s, Scottish scientist John Scott Russell first identified them while riding along a narrow canal, where he saw a water wave maintaining its shape over long distances, instead of dying away.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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John Scott Russell (9 May 1808, - 8 June 1882) was a Scottish naval engineer who built the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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