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... kind , can be considered a proof of its correctness , I believe there is no physical theory so firmly established as the theory in question . This can be felt completely , perhaps , only by the person who has both observed the phænomena ...
... kind , can be considered a proof of its correctness , I believe there is no physical theory so firmly established as the theory in question . This can be felt completely , perhaps , only by the person who has both observed the phænomena ...
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... kind of undulation which in the air produces sound , and is the only kind which , till within a few years , was used for the explanation of the phenomena of Optics . 3. As another example , let ( B ) , 2 UNDULATORY THEORY OF OPTICS .
... kind of undulation which in the air produces sound , and is the only kind which , till within a few years , was used for the explanation of the phenomena of Optics . 3. As another example , let ( B ) , 2 UNDULATORY THEORY OF OPTICS .
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... kind of undulation which takes place on the surface of deep water in a calm . This is the undulation of a musical string , the distance from a to a ' , a to 1-2 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN UNDULATION . 3 3. As another example, let (B), ...
... kind of undulation which takes place on the surface of deep water in a calm . This is the undulation of a musical string , the distance from a to a ' , a to 1-2 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN UNDULATION . 3 3. As another example, let (B), ...
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... kind , and with waves of the same length , as either of the others . But in the instance as we have supposed it , the addition of the undula- tion ( B ) to ( a ) has diminished the maximum vibration of the latter , and has made the ...
... kind , and with waves of the same length , as either of the others . But in the instance as we have supposed it , the addition of the undula- tion ( B ) to ( a ) has diminished the maximum vibration of the latter , and has made the ...
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... kind represented in fig . 2. We shall suppose that a great number of similar waves follow without interrup- tion , and that the function which expresses the displacement of a particle is ( 2π a sin ( vt − x ) + λ - 4 } . When in our ...
... kind represented in fig . 2. We shall suppose that a great number of similar waves follow without interrup- tion , and that the function which expresses the displacement of a particle is ( 2π a sin ( vt − x ) + λ - 4 } . When in our ...
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