Soap Bubbles: Their Colors and Forces Which Mold Them

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, 1962, 280 pages, ISBN: N/A Consists of dozens of experiments, explanations of the principles they demonstrate, and detailed discussions of the color and thickness of soap bubbles. Shows how liquid films, surface tension, and related phenomena react to heat, motion, music, more. Unabridged republication of the revised (1911) edition. Illustrated throughout. The Elastic Skin of Liquids Capillary Attraction Capillarity of Different Liquids Pouring Oil on Troubled Water Liquid Drops Soap Films, Their Tension and Curvature Liquid Cylinders and Jets A Water Telephone Soap Films on Frames Soap Bubbles and Ether Experiments with Soap Bubbles The Soap Bubble Bubbles Other than Soap Bubbles Composite Bubbles Out-of-Door Bubbles The Color and Thickness of Bubbles Practical Hints