A Study of Splashes

by A. M. Worthington

Tavistock, Sept. 18, 1907.

[Added March 1, 1908.] A slight delay in the publication of this book has afforded the opportunity of obtaining the new and quite unexpected information given in the supplementary chapter.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] "Impact with a Liquid Surface," by Worthington and Cole. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., A 193, 1897, and A 255, 1900.

[B] Pearson's Magazine, July and August, 1898.

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CONTENTS

• PAGE
• [CHAPTER I]
• Preliminary—Methods of Observation and Apparatus [1]
• [CHAPTER II]
• The Splash of a Drop—Low Fall [15]
• [CHAPTER III]
• Principles Involved [32]
• [CHAPTER IV]
• The Splash Continued [41]
• [CHAPTER V]
• Higher Falls—Bubble-Building [53]
• [CHAPTER VI]
• Below the Surface [69]
• [CHAPTER VII]
• The two kinds of Splashes of Solid Spheres [73]
• [CHAPTER VIII]
• The Transition from the Smooth or "Sheath" Splash to the Rough or "Basket" Splash [95]

• [CHAPTER IX]
• The Explanation of the Cause of Difference between the two Splashes [108]
• [CHAPTER X]
• Conclusion [118]
• [CHAPTER XI]
  (SUPPLEMENTARY)
• A New Phenomenon that appears with an increase in the Velocity of entry of a Rough Sphere [121]