Andrews, Ernest John, 1863-, Howland, Howard Newell, 1865- joint author · New York, London, The Macmillan company · leaf 34
ill rise in the tube considerably abovethe level of the surrounding water. These samepieces of glass set in mercury will cause a depres-sion in the mercury, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,and when withdrawn from the mercury they willnot be wet. Clean zinc or lead in mercury willcause a rise like that of… … J?1G. 4. Fig. 5. Fig. 6. tube the higher the rise or the greater the depression.We find also that cold water rises higher than hot, for,as we shall find later, heat tends to destroy molecularattraction. 39. Laws of Capillarity. — Liquids ivet a solid when theadhesion hetiveen the liquid and the…
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