Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 288
rup-tion takes plaee. in which theabove process is repeated, andthe spouting of the geyser be-comes perfectly periodic. The action of the naturalgeyser, as well as the distribution of temperatures through-out its length, may be mostadvantageously studied by means of an artificial one. Fig.… … 284 \ AIOKJZATION AND CONDENSATION. water is spilled upon a red-hot stove, it is observed that theliquid gathers itself into little globules which dart about overthe heated surface without boiling. This phenomenon i.s dueto the fact that the liquid is not in contact with the heated metalbeneath,…
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