Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 147
s. Pig. 123 is an enlarged representation of thomanner in wliich water will rise in tubes of diQer-ent diameters. The simplest method of exhibiting capillary at-traction is to immerse the end of a piece of ther.moraeter tube in water (see Fig. 12D) which hasbeen tinted with ink. The liquid will be… … CAPILLARY ATTRACTION. 143 causes liquids to ascend above their level in capillary tubes. Fig. 129. It, however, is not strictly correct, as this force not only acts in elevating but in depressing liquids in tubes, and is at work wherever liquids are in connection with solid bodies. 324. If a Uquid…
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