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_List of Illustrations_ . . . . . . . vii
_Preface_ . . . . . . . . . ix
_Lecture I._
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
_Lecture II._
Automatic Aniline Drops . . . . . . . 33
Automatic Drops of other Liquids. . . . . . 37
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
_Lecture III._
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
_Appendix_
Apparatus and Materials required for Experiments on Drops
and Globules . . . . . . . . 78
_Index_ . . . . . . . . . . 81