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(Left) The capillary effect in a narrow tube.
(Right and above right) The problems of rising damp are very evident in places such as Venice, where the water table is very close to the ground surface, and capillarity carries the water up through the foundations and into the brickwork. It can cause rotting of bricks as well as corrosion of metal and mortar.
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