Experimental science. Elementary, practical and experimental physics (1890)
Hopkins, George M. (George Milton), 1842-1902 · New York, Munn & co. · leaf 84
es intoa vessel of water and withdrawn.Whenever it is drawn out of thewater, the contraction of the waterdrop adhering to the lower endof the tapering tube forces thecolumn higher within the tube, un-til at length a point is reachedwhen equilibrium is established,the contractile force of the… … Fig. 50. the force of capillary attractionand adhesion. In Fig. 54 isshown a f inch tube open at oneend and terminating in a capillarytubulure at the other end. Byallowing the tube to sink for twoor three inches in water, with thelarger end downward, then plac-ing a minute drop of water in…
Physics · Lantern projection · Electric apparatus and appliances
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