References to Capillarity to the End of the Year 1900

Excerpt from References to Capillarity to the End of the Year 1900: Being Chapter VII of "a Study in Pharmacy" Poggendorf ives the following historical points on capillarity: Libri. Hist. Sciences math. En Italic. T. 111, p. 54. States that descriptions of experiments relating to capillary phenomena are recorded in the Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, which are deposited in Paris: thus this celebrated and versatile painter must be regarded as having first described capillary phenomena. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.