may be observed in wine, beer, in pure spirit, and again, especially, in the froth of chocolate.
462.
As in the above cases we required an infinitely narrow space between two surfaces which are in contact, so we can consider the pellicle of the soap-bubble as an infinitely thin lamina between two elastic bodies; for the appearance in fact takes place between the air within, which distends the bubble, and the atmospheric air.
463.
The bubble when first produced is colourless; then coloured stripes, like those in marble paper, begin to appear: these at length spread over the whole surface, or rather are driven round it as it is distended.
464.
In a single bubble, suffered to hang from the straw or tube, the appearance of colour is