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IV. " On the Mechanical Stretching of Liquids : an Experi- 

 mental Determination of the Volume- Extensibility of Ethyl 

 Alcohol." By A. M. WORTHINGTON, M.A. Communicated 

 by Professor POYNTING, F.R.S. Received February 1, 189:?. 



(Abstract.) 



After adverting to the three known methods of subjecting a liquid 

 to tension, viz., (i) the method of the inverted barometer, (ii) the 



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