LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG. PAGE
1. [Silver sheet floating on water] . . . . . 4
2. [Column and index of minimum thermometer] . . . 6
3. [Thread of golden syrup rising and forming a drop] . . 8
4. [Drops of different sizes resting on flat plate] . . 10
5. [Formation of a sphere of orthotoluidine] . . . 12
6. [Detached sphere floating under water] . . . . 13
7. [The centrifugoscope] . . . . . . . 14
8. [Aniline drops falling through cold water and ascending]
[through hot water] . . . . . . 17
9. [Aniline skins enveloping water] . . . . . 20
10, 11, 12. [The “diving” drop. Three stages] . . . . 23
13. [Apparatus for forming ascending or descending drops of liquids] 27
14-20. [Formation of a drop of orthotoluidine, showing the]
[droplet. Seven stages] . . . . . 29-31
21, 22. [Automatically formed aniline drops, showing the]
[formation of droplets from the neck] . . . 34, 35
23-25. [Jets of orthotoluidine discharged under water] . . 39
26. [Water stretched between a tube and a plate] . . . 40
27-30. [A liquid column stretched upwards by addition]
[of water until broken. Four stages] . . . 43
31. [A column of aceto-acetic ether in water] . . . 44
[pg viii]
32. [Apparatus for communicating drops] . . . . 45
33. [Combined vapour and liquid drops] . . . . 49
34. [Spheroid of water on a hot plate] . . . . 58
35. [Forces acting on a floating globule] . . . . 61
36. [Aniline globules on a water surface] . . . . 64
37. [Orthotoluidine globules on a water surface] . . . 66
38. [Resolution of a floating skin into globules] . . . 68
39. [Network formed from a film of tar-oil] . . . . 70
40. [Quinoline rings and perforated plates] . . . . 71
41. [The expanding globule] . . . . . . 72
42. [The “devouring” globule. Five stages] . . . 74
43. [Photograph of one globule absorbing another] . . . 75
[pg ix]