When a liquid droplet is put onto a surface, two situations distinguishable by the contact angle may result. If the contact angle is zero, the droplet spreads across the surface, a situation referred to as complete wetting. Second, if the contact angle is between 0° and 180°, the droplet does...

This paper is a study of the measures used by what the author calls “the energy establishment” in the UK to hinder the development of wave energy, from the time of the invention in the mid-70s of several devices designed to convert sea waves into electricity and turn it into a central...