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The pioneer work of François Donny on the existence of tension in liquids

David H. Trevena Department of Physics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BZ, Wales
Pages 379-386 | Received 04 Oct 1979, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

  • Berthelot , M. 1850 . Sur quelques phénomènes de dilatation forcée des liquides . Ann. chim. phys. , 30 ( 3 ) : 232 – 237 .
  • Donny , F.M.L. 1843–44 . Sur la cohésion des liquides, et sur leur adhérence aux corps solides . Mém. cour. mém. sav. étr. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles , 17 : 1 – 24 . (read 2 December 1843); also in Ann. chim. phys., (3) 16 (1846), 167–190. All citations are taken from the latter publication.
  • Donny , F.M.L. 1843–44 . Sur la cohésion des liquides, et sur leur adhérence aux corps solides . Mém. cour. mém. sav. étr. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles , 17 : 172 – 172 .
  • For a summary of Laplace's work on capillarity and short-range forces see Robert Fox's contribution to the article on Laplace in Gillispie C.C. Dictionary of scientific biography New York 1978 15 358 360 supplement 1
  • Delacre , M. 1913 . “ François Donny ” . In Liber memorialis. Notices biographiques , Vol. 2 , 131 – 150 . Gand : Université de Gand . in Van der poorten
  • Donny . 1843–44 . Sur la cohésion des liquides, et sur leur adhérence aux corps solides . Mém. cour. mém. sav. étr. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles , 17 : 167 – 168 . Translation by Jocelyn Bassett, Department of Romance Studies, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  • Donny . 1843–44 . Sur la cohésion des liquides, et sur leur adhérence aux corps solides . Mém. cour. mém. sav. étr. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles. , 17 : 171 – 172 .
  • Donny . 1843–44 . Sur la cohésion des liquides, et sur leur adhérence aux corps solides . Mém. cour. mém. sav. étr. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles. , 17 : 173 – 174 .
  • Donny . 1843–44 . Sur la cohésion des liquides, et sur leur adhérence aux corps solides . Mém. cour. mém. sav. étr. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles. , 17 : 176 – 177 .
  • See Trevena D.H. Marcelin Berthelot's first publication in 1850, on the subjection of liquids to tension Annals of science 1978 35 45 54
  • Reynolds , O. 1882 . On the internal cohesion of liquids and the suspension of a column of mercury to a height more than double that of the barometer . Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society , 7 ( 3 ) : 1 – 19 .
  • Reynolds , O. 1882 . On the internal cohesion of liquids and the suspension of a column of mercury to a height more than double that of the barometer . Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society , 7 ( 3 ) : 10 – 11 .
  • Temperley , H.N.V. and Trevena , D.H. 1978 . Liquids and their properties , Chichester : Ellis Horwood Ltd. . chapter 8.

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