Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 97
n aii*, so certainsubstances allow some liquids to passthrough them more freely than others.This is well shown in the followingexperiment: Over the opening of ca thistle-tnbe let us tiea sheet of moistened parchment or other animal membrane (such as apiece of bladder). Then, having filled the… … Fig. 107.—Osmosis. 90 MOLECULES AND THEIR MOTIONS In t\ few minutes the solution will be seen to liave risen in the tube.The water will appear blue, showing that some of the solution has comeout, but evidently more water has entered the tube. The rise in levelcontinues (perhaps for two or three…
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