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9780486205427

Soap Bubbles Their Colors and Forces Which Mold Them

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486205427

  • ISBN10:

    0486205428

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-06-13
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

Consists of dozens of experiments, explanations of the principles they demonstrate, and detailed discussions of the color and thickness of soap bubbles. Shows how liquid films, surface tension, and related phenomena react to heat, motion, music, more. Unabridged republication of the revised (1911) edition. Introduction. Illustrated throughout.

Author Biography

Sir Charles Vernon Boys (1855-1944), a British physicist known for his innovative experiments, served as a Professor at the Imperial College of London from 1889-97. He was the first to write about soap bubbles from a scientific point of view, and he remains a folk hero to recreational math and science enthusiasts.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY
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
EXPERIMENTS WITH SOAP-BUBBLES
THE SOAP-BUBBLE
BUBBLES OTHER THAN SOAP-BUBBLES
COMPOSITE BUBBLES
OUT-OF-DOOR BUBBLES
THE COLOUR AND THICKNESS OF BUBBLES
PRACTICAL HINTS

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