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 940
nner the quantity — will decrease to 0, and then become negative. Hence we see that, when the surface changes from concave to convex, the signs of the quantities 2,6, é, - or b, will change; and [9352rf] 6 by this means the signs of every one of the terms, in both members of the equations [93.50,… … [9352e] 726 THEORY OF CAPILLARY ATTRACTION. [Méc. Cél. 6. ÏVe shall now consider the capillary tube MNFE, fig. 112, page 695.The action of tlie meniscus MIOKN to elevate the fluid of the canal O Z, is, bj [93o3] [9260], equal to —. If ive put q for the elevation of the point O above the level oj…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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