Open AccessDetermination of the surface-tension of water by the method of jet-vibration
Author(s) -
Henry E. Armstrong
Publication year - 1909
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1909.0014
Subject(s) - rayleigh scattering , jet (fluid) , vibration , surface tension , mechanics , viscosity , water jet , tension (geology) , surface (topology) , acoustics , materials science , physics , classical mechanics , mathematics , composite material , optics , thermodynamics , geometry , nozzle , moment (physics)
In the present determination of the surface-tension of water the method of jet-vibration proposed by Lord Rayleigh is used; this method has the fundamental advantage that a perfectly fresh new-formed surface can be examined. In the theoretical part of this investigation it is shown how Lord Rayleigh’s theory of infinitely small vibrations of a jet of a non-viscid liquid can be supplemented by corrections for the influence of the finite amplitudes as well as for the viscosity.