கேள்வி: நுண்புழை நுழைவு என்பது என்ன?
பதில்: File:Capillarity-ta.svg நுண்புழைக் குழாயில் நீர்மம் நுழைவதை நுண்புழை நுழைவு (''Capillary action'', ''capillarity'', ''capillary motion'', அல்லது ''wicking'') என்கிறோம்.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), [https://books.google.com/books?id=MV1YAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA91 pp. 91–92.] Robert Boyle, ''New Experiments Physico-Mechanical touching the Spring of the Air'', ... (Oxford, England: H. Hall, 1660), pp. 265–270. Available on-line at: [http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/ECHOdocuView?start=291&resultStart=11&viewLayer=search&url=/permanent/archimedes_repository/large/boyle_exper_013_en_1660/index.meta&pn=297&queryType=fulltextMorph Echo (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science; Berlin, Germany)] .Jacob Bernoulli, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sHw5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Dissertatio de Gravitate Ætheris''] (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Hendrik Wetsten, 1683).