A method is described for revealing the contact area between a plane and a fiber under the action of a transverse pressure distribution. It involves pressing the fiber against a plane-glass surface which has been lightly smoked with a gas flame and measuring the resultant impression microscopically.
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Hertz, H.R., "On the Contact of Rigid Elastic Solids and on Hardness," Miscellaneous Papers, London, Macmillan Co., 1896, pp. 163-83.
