CONTENTS. 



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CAPILLARY ATTRACTION I 



Friday Evening Lecture before the Royal Institu'ion, 

 January 26, 1 886. 



APPENDIX A. ON CERTAIN CURIOUS MOTIONS OB- 

 SERVABLE ON THE SURFACES OF WINE AND OTHER 

 ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS 56 



A paper by Professor James Thomson, read before 

 Section A of the British Association, at the Glasgow 

 Meeting of '1855. 



APPENDIX B. NOTE ON GRAVITY AND COHESION . . 59 



A paper read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 

 April 21, 1862. 



APPENDIX C. ON THE EQUILIBRIUM OF VAPOUR AT 

 A CURVED SURFACE OF LIQUID 64 



A paper read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 

 February 7, 1870. 



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