Experimental science. Elementary, practical and experimental physics (1890)
Hopkins, George M. (George Milton), 1842-1902 · New York, Munn & co. · leaf 25
py a given space—the EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE. property known as impenetrability. That matter occupiesspace is appreciated by our senses, and needs no particularproof, but that two portions of matter cannot occupy thesame space at the same time sometimes seems anomalous, asis shown by some of the… … Solution of Sugar in Water. duction of the cotton, allowing the alcohol to invest thefibers, before they are fairly plunged beneath the surfaceof the alcohol. In this experiment the penetration of the alcohol is onlyapparent; the fibers displace some of the alcohol, but thequantity is so small as…
Physics · Lantern projection · Electric apparatus and appliances
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