How did liquid crystals come to the knowledge of the scientific world? It is generally supposed and accepted that a letter from Friedrich Reinitzer (March 14, 1888) (Figure 1) to Otto Lehmann, (Figure 2), is the most significant landmark in the development of liquid crystal research.
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