Forces causing capillary rise I have learnt two derivations to calculate the height of the liquid column in a narrow capillary. 
Here is a derivation using forces and equilibrium :

This is the exact derivation given in my book. But I don't quite understand one thing. My book just states that the forces shown in red are '' forces due to surface tension ''. Who actually exerts these forces on the liquid in contact with the glass, and in what direction?


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*It cannot be the liquid because then this force wouldn't be included in the free body diagram of the liquid itself. 

*So it has to be because of the solid. But, these forces are the adhesive forces, and I have learnt that the adhesive forces acting on the liquid act along the  normal to the surface of the solid and liquid, and point towards the solid. So how can the adhesive forces be responsible for supporting the weight of the liquid column if they do not have a vertical component?
 A: I would explain it this way:
Adhesion happens because of intermolecular forces of attraction. For example, Water molecules of any aqueous solution contain 2 hydrogen and one oxygen atoms that are covalently bonded. And in an aqueous medium they could get split into protons and hydroxyl ions. These ions are again bonded by Hydrogen bonding.
A glass capillary tube contains approximately 75% silicon dioxide (SiO2), sodium oxide (Na2O) from sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and other several minor additives. Among these Silicon is a tetravalent metalloid and is more reactive than germanium present right below silicon in the periodic table. And this means that it could exert a vanderwaal force of attraction with other anions.
And so my understanding is that the hydroxyle ions of water molecules get attracted by the Tetravalent Metalloid (silicon) which results in adhesion. These forces of attraction are not enough to make them chemically reactive, for which a very high temperature is required to the tune of ~1700 degrees centigrade (at a melting point of glass). And this forms the basis for adhesion.
Among other forces, the vanderwaal forces of attraction and hydrogen boding in water molecules provide enough force for cohesion of water molecules that leads to surface tension.
A: Surface tension is a phenomenon which occurs irrespective of whether a solid surface is in the vicinity. It is the result of the discontinuity in molecular attractive forces present at the free surface.  The translates into a situation in which the surface behaves as if there is an elastic membrane embedded within the surface.  The membrane force acts locally in the direction tangent to the surface, and its value per unit length is equal to the surface tension.  If the fluid surface is curved (as in the capillary case), the membrane can support a pressure differential across the surface (sort of the way a balloon supports a pressure difference from inside to outside).  
When the fluid surface makes contact with a solid surface (as at the capillary wall), there are three phases in mutual contact (solid, liquid, and gas).  The contact angle between these three phases is a unique function of the solid and liquid involved.  
The force balance in your book takes into account both these effects (i.e., the pressure difference resulting from surface tension, and the surface tension force acting at the capillary wall at the contact angle).
A: Brief:
The force you are referring to is exerted on the liquid surface by the solid wall surface it is in contact with. It is a consequence of surface tension in the liquid.
Elaborate:
The liquid surface across the small portion dl along the periphery of its surface (which is in contact with the tube wall) pulls the tube surface by a force Sdl tangentially (oblique inwards) along the liquid surface due to surface tension. By Newton's 3rd Law the tube surface across this small part exerts an equal & opposite force on the liquid surface.
This force is balanced by the weight of the liquid column. Hence also the capillary rise is more in a narrower tube (you can think of it as being able to accommodate taller liquid column of same weight).
Now where does adhesion factor in? It is by strong adhesion that the liquid sticks to the wall of the tube in the first place & the adhesive force is factored in while determining the contact angle of the liquid surface with the tube. This (contact angle) is in-turn used to calculate the height.
