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 1142
e, at a sufficientdistance from each other to have a point of inflexion in thesurface of the fluid between them, as at A, in fig. 164, page925. Then, moving the planes gradually towards each other,the point of inflexion A will approach towards the first plane,till it coincides with it at /? ; and… … [101991 ][10199/1 ] [10199^1][1019i« ] 928 THEORY OF CAPILLARY ATTRACTION. [Mcc. Cél. [10201] planes toioards each other, they ivill continue to repel each other until where the surface is represented by UCT. Througli any point C of this surface supposethe infinitely slender and uniform canal CDFG…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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