Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 161
y the Belgian physicist Plateau.* By mixing in the proper proportions water and alcohol (about 60 water to 40 alcohol), it is possible to obtain a mixture of the same density as olive oil. By means of a pijjette now introduce olive oil into the mixture (Fig. 176). At once it assumes a globular… … Fio. 176.—A sphere ofolive oil in a mixtureof water and alcohol. These actions are due to cohesion. A little considerationwould lead us to expect the molecules at the surface to act in *Born 1801, died 1883.in 1843. From 1829 his eyesight gradually deteriorated, and it failed entirely150 SURFACE…
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