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Mécanique céleste (1829)

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 1118

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e AB is the level surface of the fluid ina vase into which the curved tube CD is dipped ; the linesSi, S3, &.C., represent the places in the tube where the fluidwill rest in a stable equilibrium ; and U2, U4, he, the lines ofunstable equilibrium. The diameters of the tube at the pointsSi, U2,… … [10132a][101326 ] [10132c ][10132(/] 904 THEORY OF CAPILLARY ATTRACTION. [Méc. Cél. [101.33] [10134] [10135] [10136] [10137] [10138] [10139] their diameters and lengths to be such that the fluid may be at first in equilibriumabove the level in the greatest, and that, by j3ouring in more of the…

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