Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Fessenden, Cortez, b. 1852 · Toronto : Copp, Clark · leaf 103
tubes with capillary or hair-likeopenings. 5. Laws of Capillarity. 1. Liquids rise in tubes when they wet them, and aredepressed when they do not. 2. The ascension or depression is inversely as thediameter of the bore of the tube for the same liquid,but differs with different liquids. 3. The… … Account for the forms of the surfaces and the differences inlevel observed. Experiment 15 Place (a) one corner of a lump of sugar in water; (b) thecorner of a sheet of blotting-paper in ink ; (c) the end of apiece of loosely woven cloth, such as a lamp-wick, in water. What takes place in each case…
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