There is nothing new in it, except a few additional pages about "Regelation," and also "gravity."
"Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville"
Mary Somerville
The phenomenon is commonly called "Regelation."
"The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays"
J. (John) Joly
I have already made the usual Regelation experiment before you when I compressed broken ice in this mould.
"The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays"
J. (John) Joly