Paper, 'On the causes and phenomena of the repulsion of water from the feathers of water-fowl and the leaves of plants' by George Buist Buist shares his observations on lilypads (Nymphaeaceae) and lotus leaves (Nelumbo nucifera) in a pond. Subject: Chemistry / Biology Received 3 April 1857. Written by Buist in Bombay [Mumbai]. A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the causes and phenomena of the repulsion of water from the feathers of water-fowl and the leaves of plants'. 1857