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    Liquid Transmitter as to cause one corner to dip into the water as in Fig 4. Sound just about as loud as before. No sensible difference.

    Surface Tension

  1. In the course of these experiments it was observed that the attraction of the platinum for the liquid caused the liquid to rise considerably above the level of the water as at P Fig 5 - so that the platinum was really too deeply immersed and its vibration therefore did not make so much difference in the resistance of the liquid as if it only touched the surface of the liquid.

  2. The sides SS' of the platinum foil (Fig 5) were then slightly oiled but the edge P was left untouched. There was then a repulsion between the sides SS' and the liquid but an attraction between the water and P.
    The result was that the sound audible from
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