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Soap bubbles, their colours and the forces which mold them : being the substance of many lectures delivered to juvenile and popular audiences with the addition of several new and original sections /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boys, C. V. (Charles Vernon), 1855-1944 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, [1959]
Edition:New Dover edition
Subjects:
Surface tension.
Bubbles.
Tension superficielle.
Bulles.
Table of Contents:
  • The elastic skin of liquids
  • Capillary attraction
  • Capillarity of different liquids
  • Pouring oil on troubled water
  • Liquid drops
  • Soap-films; their tension and curvature
  • Liquid cylinders and jets
  • A water telephone
  • Soap-films on frames
  • Soap-bubbles and ether
  • Experiements with soap-bubbles
  • The soap-bubble
  • Bubbles other than soap-bubbles
  • Compositie bubbles
  • Out-of-door bubbles
  • The colour and thickness of bubbles
  • Practical hints.