A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 407
ry docs not. Ifthe rod be greased and placed in water, the surface of thewater Will be depressed about the rod. If a clean lead orzinc strip be placed in mercury, the surface of the mercury-will be raised about the strip. In the last two cases, the greased rod came out dry, nowater adhering to it,… … Fig. 173. These phenomena are called capillary attraction, be-cause they are best shown in very fane or hair-like tubes. InFig. 173, (^ is a glass tube in water, and c is a-glass tube inmercury. The surface of the water in the tube b is concave,while the surface of the mercury in the tube c, is…
Electrical engineering · Mechanical engineering
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