ABSORPTION BY SOILS (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Absorption by SoilsBefore proceeding to a detailed consideration of the different phe nomona of absorption a few precise definitions are in order. The term absorption is used in general to designate the process by which a solid or a liquid draws unto itself and retains within its structure or on its surface another solid, liquid, or gas.The simplest case of absorption is that of mechanical absorption, Or imbibition, such as water held by a sponge, by porous solids like brick or charcoal, by powders, including soils, and by bodies which draw liquid or vapor into their most intimate recesses and Swell, as, for example, starch with water, or rubber with chloroform.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,