Excerpt from Scientific Dialogues, Vol. 3: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People, in Which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy Are Fully Explained Emma. But this definition does not notice the wetting of other bodies brought into contact witha fluid. If I put my fingers into water or milk, a part of it adheres to them, and they are said to be wet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.