Capillarity phenomena are all about us; anyone who has seen a drop
of dew on a plant leaf or the spray from a waterfall has observed
them. Apart from their frequently remarked poetic qualities,
phenomena of this sort are so familiar as to escape special notice.
In this sense the rise of liquid in a narrow tube is a more
dramatic event that demands and at first defied explanation;
recorded observations of this and similar occur rences can be
traced back to times of antiquity, and for lack of expla nation
came to be described by words deriving from the Latin word
"capillus," meaning hair. It was not until the eighteenth century
that an awareness developed that these and many other phenomena are
all manifestations of some thing that happens whenever two
different materials are situated adjacent to each other and do not
mix. If one (at least) of the materials is a fluid, which forms
with another fluid (or gas) a free surface interface, then the
interface will be referred to as a capillary surface."
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