[Jewelry making - Article 00436] - Re: [Orchid] The Beilby Layer

[leonid Surpin]

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Wayne,

    plastic deformation does not cause changes in crystalline structure
    which can be observed on the surface of polished objects. It will
    cause contraction or expansion of crystal interstices, but it will
    not cause break-down of the structure. 

    G. T. Beilby may not got it exactly on point when he described the
    mechanism of polishing, nevertheless he was the first to observe the
    phenomena and I have no problem in calling the upper layer on
    polished objects by his name. 

    When Einstein published his Theory of Relativity, the original
    equations did not worked out correctly, so he introduced a fudge
    factor ( the name escapes me now ). Later on he removed it because he
    could not explain it. There were attacks similar to attacks on Beilby
    Theory. But now this fudge factor is accepted by everybody and it is
    called "Dark Matter". There is also "Dark Energy". 

    As far as I am concerned, the jury is still out on validity of
    Beilby Theory of Polishing. 

Leonid Surpin
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