Soap Bubbles - Their Colors and Forces Which Mold Them

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Excellent primer and classic treatment employs simple experiments to establish a practical basis for the existence and function of surface tension and energy minimization. 83 illustrations. 1911 edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTORYTHE ELASTIC SKIN OF LIQUIDSCAPILLARY ATTRACTIONCAPILLARITY OF DIFFERENT LIQUIDSPOURING OIL ON TROUBLED WATERLIQUID DROPSSOAP-FILMS ; THEIR TENSION AND CURVATURELIQUID CYLINDERS AND JETSA WATER TELEPHONESOAP-FILMS ON FRAMESSOAP-BUBBLES AND ETHEREXPERIMENTS WITH SOAP-BUBBLESTHE SOAP-BUBBLEBUBBLES OTHER THAN SOAP-BUBBLESCOMPOSITE BUBBLESOUT-OF-DOOR BUBBLESTHE COLOUR AND THICKNESS OF BUBBLESPRACTICAL HINTS

Product details

• Authors: C. V. Boys, C.V. Boys, Charles V. Boys
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2012
• EAN: 9780486205427
• ISBN: 978-0-486-20542-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Dover Science Books; Dover Science Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Physical chemistry