The outlines of physics: an elementary text-book (1897)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd. · leaf 133
brought into equilibrium and, the armsbeing still free, a beaker of water be brought up frombelow, it will be found impossible to submerge the cylin-der on account of the buoyant force of the fluid. (Seepreceding article.) If, however, water be poured into the bucket by degrees,partial submergence… … Fig. 95. the cylinder will be at the level of the water in thebeaker. If, up to this point, the top of the cylinder hasbeen kept dry, it will be found possible to carry the experi-ment a step further. It is possible by taking advantageof capillarity, to add a considerable quantity of waterto the…
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