What is MENISCUS? The departure from a flat surface where a liquid meets a solid, due to surface tension. The effect can be seen clearly through the wall of a glass tube. The surface of water in air rises up the wall of the tube, while that of mercury is depressed, SIGHT-FEED LUBRICATOR.
An abandoned mud-covered scooter is found during the draining of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, France Charles Platiau/Reuters
-It was discovered that hazardous waste from an abandoned chemical dump had contaminated homes and possibly people in Love Canal, a small neighborhood on the edge of Niagara Falls, New York. Hence, Lois Gibbs, a housewife in Love Canal, led a successful crusade to evacuate the area after she discovered a high number of serious illnesses in the neighborhood.