CAPILLARY ADJUSTMENT 



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Fig. 52. Showing the distribution of water around a group of soil particles, 

 and the distribution of forces and direction of movement in the re-establish- 

 ment of equilibrium after the removal of water by a rootlet. For further 

 explanation see text. 



possible; the curvatures meanwhile increasing, and the 

 films become thinner and thinner. 



It will be noted that the curvature at every point 

 in the plane 1 is the same, and that a similar uniformity 

 prevails for planes 2 and 3. Likewise, in the columns 

 I, II and III the relative curvatures are the same. 



