th a thin film(represented bythe shading); thenform a loop of apiece of threadand place itg-entlyon the surface ofthe film. Thisloop is representedby ab. Now per-forate the film inside the loop by a pin, and we shallsee the loop of thread instantly drawn out into a circle,c, by the contracting*… … F %• 95- Molecular Forces and Capillarity. 343 is proportional to its area, and every material system whichis subject to o-iven conditions assumes as a conli<^uration olstable e([uilil)rium one in which the static energy of itsforces is least. The following- table, taken from Everetts VnlU…
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