The Relationship Existing Between the Weight of a Falling Drop and the Diameter of the Tip From Which It Falls: Dissertation Submitted in Partial ... in the Faculty of Pure Science in Colum - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Relationship Existing Between the Weight of a Falling Drop and the Diameter of the Tip From Which It Falls: Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Pure Science in Columbia University in the City of New York

In 1864, Thomas Tate,' as the result of his experiments with water, announced the following laws I. Other things being the same, the weight of a drop of liquid (falling from a tube) is proportional to the diameter of the tube in which it is formed.

II. The weight of the drop is in proportion to the weight which would be raised in a tube with a bore equal to the outer diameter by capillary action.

III. The weight of a drop of liquid, other things being the same, is diminished by an augmentation of temperature.

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