Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 229
tle alcohol has been mixedStretch a platinum wire, a b, vertically behind the drop,and render the wire incandescent, by sending a current ofelectricity through it. Bring your eye to a level with thebottom of the drop, and you will be able to see the red-hot wire, through the interval between the… … The spheroidal condition was first observed by Leiden-frost. M. Boutigny has lent new interest to this subject byexpanding the field of illustration, and applying it to theexplanation of many extraordinary effects. If the hand, forexample, be wet, it may be passed through a stream of moltenmetal…
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