Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827, Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, Bowditch, N. I. (Nathaniel Ingersoll), 1805-1861 · Boston, Hillard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins · leaf 1089
tside of the fluid ; OK is perpendicular to the inner Une or surface OD of the tube, andis drawn in an outward direction, or towards the external surface of the tube. Then,according to the notation in [9892], we have the angle DOf=zs; and as NOf:=90;we get DON=90 —TS, KON=180 —■a = DOf; so that if,… … X. Siii.pl. 2.] ACTION IN PRISMATIC TUBES. 875 If we continue still to pour ivuter into the befure-mentioned tube, this fluid willform, at the extremity of the capillary branch, an external drop, whicli will become [10013]more and more convex, until it is hemispherical [10012/]. At this limit, the…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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