After some investigation and debate, it has been established that this print records an experiment by Professor Hele-Shaw of the University of Liverpool researching the nature of "streamline flow". He introduced planes of different shapes into tubes of coloured glycerine pressed between two sheets of glass. Such experiments inspired paintings by the Surrealist Max Ernst in 1934-5.
[LESS]After some investigation and debate, it has been established that this print records an experiment by Professor Hele-Shaw of the University of Liverpool researching the nature of "streamline flow". He introduced planes of different shapes into tubes of coloured glycerine pressed between two sheets of glass. Such experiments inspired paintings by the Surrealist Max Ernst in 1934-5.
