Open AccessXI. On the sympathetic vibrations of jets
Publication year - 1886
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9223
pISSN - 0261-0523
DOI - 10.1098/rstl.1886.0012
Subject(s) - body orifice , jet (fluid) , mechanics , opacity , physics , optics , engineering , mechanical engineering
In the year 1833 Felix Savart published a remarkable memoir on the structure of liquid jets from circular orifices, in which he demonstrated the following facts:— A vertical jet of liquid from a circular orifice presents in general two distinct portions—an upper continuous or rod-like portion, and a lower or troubled portion; the relative lengths of these two regions being approximately the same in air as in a vacuum. The lower or troubled portion consists of separate drops, as proved by the fact that objects may be viewed through it, even when the jet is composed of an opaque liquid like mercury.