Manuscripts of Léonardo de Vinci (Paris), vol. N, folios 11, 67, and 74.
Guillaume Libri, Histoire des sciences mathématiques en Italie, depuis la Renaissance des lettres jusqu'a la fin du dix-septième siecle [History of the mathematical sciences in Italy, from the Renaissance until the end of the seventeenth century] (Paris, France: Jules Renouard et cie., 1840), vol. 3, page 54Lưu trữ 2016-12-24 tại Wayback Machine.. From page 54: "Enfin, deux observations capitales, celle de l'action capillaire (7) et celle de la diffraction (8), dont jusqu'à présent on avait méconnu le véritable auteur, sont dues également à ce brillant génie." (Finally, two major observations, that of capillary action (7) and that of diffraction (8), the true author of which until now had not been recognized, are also due to this brilliant genius.)
C. Wolf (1857) "Vom Einfluss der Temperatur auf die Erscheinungen in Haarröhrchen" (On the influence of temperature on phenomena in capillary tubes) Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 101 (177): 550–576; see footnote on page 551Lưu trữ 2014-06-29 tại Wayback Machine. by editor Johann C. Poggendorff. From page 551: "... nach Libri (Hist. des sciences math. en Italie, T. III, p. 54) in den zu Paris aufbewahrten Handschriften des grossen Künstlers Leonardo da Vinci (gestorben 1519) schon Beobachtungen dieser Art vorfinden;... " (... according to Libri (History of the mathematical sciences in Italy, vol. 3, p. 54) observations of this kind [i.e., of capillary action] are already to be found in the manuscripts of the great artist Leonardo da Vinci (died 1519), which are preserved in Paris;...)
↑ More detailed histories of research on capillary action can be found in:
David Brewster, ed., Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Joseph and Edward Parker, 1832), volume 10, pp. 805–823Lưu trữ 2016-12-24 tại Wayback Machine..
Maxwell, James Clerk; Strutt, John William (1911). “Capillary Action”. Trong Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica5 (ấn bản 11). Nhà xuất bản Đại học Cambridge. tr. 256–275.
↑ In his book of 1759, Giovani Batista Clemente Nelli (1725–1793) stated (p. 87) that he had "un libro di problem vari geometrici ec. e di speculazioni, ed esperienze fisiche ec." (a book of various geometric problems and of speculation and physical experiments, etc.) by Aggiunti. On pages 91–92, he quotes from this book: Aggiunti attributed capillary action to "moto occulto" (hidden/secret motion). He proposed that mosquitoes, butterflies, and bees feed via capillary action, and that sap ascends in plants via capillary action. See: Giovambatista Clemente Nelli, Saggio di Storia Letteraria Fiorentina del Secolo XVII... [Essay on Florence's literary history in the 17th century,... ] (Lucca, (Italy): Vincenzo Giuntini, 1759), pp. 91–92.Lưu trữ 2014-07-27 tại Wayback Machine.
Robert Hooke (1661) An attempt for the explication of the Phenomena observable in an experiment published by the Right Hon. Robert Boyle, in the 35th experiment of his Epistolical Discourse touching the Air, in confirmation of a former conjecture made by R. Hooke. [pamphlet].
Hooke's An attempt for the explication... was reprinted (with some changes) in: Robert Hooke, Micrographia... (London, England: James Allestry, 1667), pp. 12–22, "Observ. IV. Of small Glass Canes."Lưu trữ 2016-12-24 tại Wayback Machine.
Johannes Christoph Sturm, Collegium Experimentale sive Curiosum [Catalog of experiments, or Curiosity] (Nüremberg (Norimbergæ), (Germany): Wolfgang Moritz Endter & the heirs of Johann Andreas Endter, 1676). See: "Tentamen VIII. Canaliculorum angustiorum recens-notata Phænomena,... "Lưu trữ 2014-06-29 tại Wayback Machine. (Essay 8. Recently noted phenomena of narrow capillaries,...), pp. 44–48.
Honorato Fabri, Dialogi physici... ((Lyon (Lugdunum), France: 1665), pages 157 ffLưu trữ 2016-12-24 tại Wayback Machine. "Dialogus Quartus. In quo, de libratis suspensisque liquoribus & Mercurio disputatur. (Dialogue four. In which the balance and suspension of liquids and mercury is discussed).
Honorato Fabri, Dialogi physici... ((Lyon (Lugdunum), France: Antoine Molin, 1669), pages 267 ffLưu trữ 2017-04-07 tại Wayback Machine. "Alithophilus, Dialogus quartus, in quo nonnulla discutiuntur à D. Montanario opposita circa elevationem Humoris in canaliculis, etc." (Alithophilus, Fourth dialogue, in which Dr. Montanari's opposition regarding the elevation of liquids in capillaries is utterly refuted).
↑ Isaac Vossius, De Nili et Aliorum Fluminum Origine [On the sources of the Nile and other rivers] (Hague (Hagæ Comitis), Netherlands: Adrian Vlacq, 1666), pages 3–7Lưu trữ 2017-04-07 tại Wayback Machine. (chapter 2).
