CONTENTS
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PAGE
[List of Illustrations] . . . . . . . vii
[Preface] . . . . . . . . . ix
[Introduction] . . . . . . . . . 1
[General Properties of Liquids] . . . . . . 2
[Properties of the Surface Skin of Water] . . . . 3
[Elastic Skin of other Liquids-Minimum Thermometer] . . . 5
[Boundary Surface of two Liquids] . . . . . . 6
[Area of Stretched Surface] . . . . . . . 7
[Shape of detached Masses of Liquid] . . . . . 8
[Production of True Spheres of Liquids] . . . . . 10
[The Centrifugoscope] . . . . . . . . 14
[Effect of Temperature on Sphere of Orthotoluidine] . . . 15
[Other Examples of Equi-Density] . . . . . . 17
[Aniline Films or Skins] . . . . . . . 19
[Surface Tension] . . . . . . . . 21
[The “Diving” Drop] . . . . . . . . 22
[Formation of Falling Drops of Liquid] . . . . . 24
[Ascending or Inverted Drops] . . . . . . 31
[Automatic Aniline Drops] . . . . . . . 33
[Automatic Drops of other Liquids]. . . . . . 37
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[Liquid Jets] . . . . . . . . . 38
[Liquid Columns] . . . . . . . . 40
[Communicating Drops] . . . . . . . . 44
[Combined Vapour and Liquid Drops] . . . . . 47
[Condensation of Drops from Vapour] . . . . . 49
[Liquid Clouds in Liquid Media] . . . . . . 54
[Overheated Drops] . . . . . . . . 55
[Floating Drops on Hot Surfaces] . . . . . . 57
[Spreading of Oil on the Surface of Water] . . . . 60
[Movements due to Solubility] . . . . . . 63
[Movements of Aniline Globules on a Water Surface] . . . 63
[Movements of Orthotoluidine and Xylidine 1-3-4 on a Water Surface] 66
[Production of Globules from Films] . . . . . 68
[Network formed from a Film] . . . . . . 70
[Quinoline Rings] . . . . . . . . 71
[Expanding Globules] . . . . . . . . 71
[Attraction between Floating Globules] . . . . . 73
[Analogies of Surface Tension Phenomena with Life] . . . 75
[Conclusion] . . . . . . . . . 76
[Apparatus and Materials required for Experiments on Drops]
[and Globules] . . . . . . . . 78
[Index] . . . . . . . . . . 81
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