Experimental and Theoretical Statics of Liquids Subject to Molecular
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STATICS OF LIQUIDS SUBJECT TO MOLECULAR FORCES ONLY, BY J. PLATEAU Professor of the University of Ghent, Member of the Academy of Belgium, Correspondent of the Institute of France, of the Royal Society of London, of the Berlin Academy, etc. VOLUME ONE. PARIS, LONDON, GAUTHIER-VILLARS, TRÜBNER and Co, quai des Augustine, 55. Ludgate Hill, 57 and 59. GAND ET LEIPZIG: F. CLEMM. 1873. TO MONSIEUR A. QUETELET DIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY OF BRUSSELS , ETC. You, who were one of the active promoters of the intellectual regeneration of Bel- gium, and whose work contributed so much to the illustriousness of this country; you, who guided my first steps in the career of science, and who taught me, by your exam- ple, to excite among young people the love of research, who did not cease being for me a devoted friend, allow me to dedicate this work to you, in testimony of recognition and constant affection. J. PLATEAU. This work is formed primarily of the contents of eleven Series of Memoires that I published, from 1843 to 1868, in the Memoires of the Academy of Belgium, under the title: Research experimental and theoretical on the equilibrium shapes of a liquid mass without gravity1. But the revision of the whole of these Series enabled me to follow, in the current work, an order a little more methodical, to rectify some passages, and to fill gaps, especially in the histories; until the end of 1869, I could extend I did of them two those new, one concerning the surface viscosity of liquids, the other with the constitution of liquid streams; I introduced several additions which appear worthy to me of interest, such as the theory of exploding laminar bubbles; on the other hand, I removed, as concerning purely dynamic phenomena, the majority of the results of my first Series; finally I have indicated, in a last paragraph, the titles of the articles which appeared after 1869 on subjects in connection with those that I treat.
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