Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 56
ns of capillary action are abundant. It feeds thelamp-flame with oil. It wets the whole towel, if one end is leftfor a time in a basin of water. It drav/s water into wood, andcauses it to swell with a force sufficient to split rocks, and toi-aise large weights. How does a little water in a wooden… … 40 MATTER AND ITS PROPERTIES. § 35. Other molecular phenomena. — Besides the phe-nomena we have just studied, there are a great many othersdepending in part on molecuUir attraction, but much more on tliemolecular motions, of which we learned in § 5, page G. Manyof them are quite familiar and…
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