1884.] 



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manner by Maxwell (" Encyc. Brit.," art. " Capillarity"), and which 

 is probably of importance when considered in reference to the solution 

 of a solid in a liquid. 



The influence of the curvature of the surface is then considered, and 

 the connexion between the hydrostatic pressure and the repulsive and 

 attractive forces that have been spoken of is pointed out, after which 

 the relation of the investigation to that of Laplace is examined, and 

 it is shown that in assuming the density to be invariable, Laplace 

 obliges himself to neglect the very quantities from whose mutual 

 relation, established by experiment, the reality of the surface-tensions 

 and surface-pressures can alone be deduced. 



Presents, February 7, 1884. 



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Boston: — Society of Natural History. Memoirs. Vol. III. Nos. 6, 7. 

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Cambridge (Mass.) : — Harvard College. Annual Reports of Pres. 

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Cincinnati: — Society of Natural History. Journal. Vol. VI. No. 4. 

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Moscow: — Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes. Bulletin. 1883. 



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Philadelphia : — American Philosophical Society. Transactions. 



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Washington: — Philosophical Society: Bulletin. Vols. IV, V. 

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