Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 683
ed to) is the term used todefine capillary force, and is derived from the word capillits,a hair ; and so very small bore tubes are called capillarytubes. We know that when we plunge a glass tube into I20 WATER. water the liquid will rise up in it, and the narrower the tubethe higher the water will… … Molecular attraction. as the tube is wetted with the liquid or not. For instance,water, as we have said, will be higher in the tube andconcave in form ; but mercury will be depressed below theoutside level, and convex, because mercury will not adhereto glass. When the force of cohesion to the sides…
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