Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Fessenden, Cortez, b. 1852 · Toronto : Copp, Clark · leaf 100
ous,stretched tightly over the liquid. 1 Though the surface of a liquid behaves, in general, like a stretched elasticmembrane, it nevertheless differs from such a membrane in two important particulars,namely, that liquid films, when unrestrained, contract indefinitely ; and, secondly, thetensile… … 92 PHYSICAL SCIENCE. The stress which exists in the surface film of a liquidis called surface tension. This tension is shown in the tendency of the surfacesof the drops of water, mercury and oil, and of the endsof the heated glass and sealing wax rods to assume aminimum area in the spherical form…
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