 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...constantly to succeed. In these experiments one circumstance struck me with particular surprise. This was the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the race of the water, which 1 do not know that any body lias hitherto considered. It' a drop of oil is... | |
 | Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis - 1813 - 1813 - 474 pages
...experiment, which constantly succeeded, one circumstance struck him with particular surprise ; this was the sudden, wide and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water, which, he adds, " I do not know that any body has considered." When a drop of oi!... | |
 | J. Taylor - Curiosities and wonders - 1822 - 220 pages
...experiment, which constimtly succeeded, one circumstance struck him with particular surprise ; this was the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water, which, he adds, " I do not know that any body has considered." When a drop of oil... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1838 - 632 pages
...constantly to succeed. In these experiments, one circumstance struck me with particular surprise. This was the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water, which I do not know that anybody has hitherto considered. If a drop of oil is put... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...constantly to succeed. In these experiments, one circumstance struck me with particular surprise. This was the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water, which I do not know that anybody has hitherto considered. If a drop of oil is put... | |
 | William Clarke - Amusements - 1849 - 646 pages
...as a looking-glass. One remarkable eireumstanee in this experiment is, the sndden wide and foreible spreading of a drop of oil on the surface of the water ; for if a drop of oil be put upon a higbly polished marble table, or a looking-glass, laid horizontally, the drop remains in its place,... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1868 - 302 pages
...scarcely more than a tea-spoonful, will produce an instant calm over a space several yards square. One remarkable circumstance in this experiment is,...forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the surface of water ; for if a drop of oil be put upon a highly polished marble table, or a looking-glass laid horizontally,... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...constantly to sue ceed. "In these experiments, one circumstance struck me with particular surprise. This was the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water. It seems as U a mutual repulsion between its particles took place a* OF BEHJAMLN... | |
 | Daniel R. Shafer - Business - 1881 - 728 pages
...itself with surprising swiftness upon the surface, and tne oil, though scarcely more than a teaspoonful, will produce an instant calm over a space several...the surface of the water ; for if a drop of oil be pist upon a highly polished marble table, or a looking-glass laid horizontally, the drop remains in... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - Scientists - 1896 - 638 pages
...Dr. Brownrigg, he wrote that one circumstance in them struck him with particular surprise. This was " the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water, which I do not know that * In a letter to Alexander Small. anybody has hitherto... | |
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In these experiments, one circumstance struck me with particular surprise. This was the sudden, wide, and forcible spreading of a drop of oil on the face of the water, which I do not know that anybody has hitherto considered. 
