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... passing uniformly and continuously from the left to the right of the line of particles . But if we fix our attention on any one of these particles , we shall see that it has a reciprocating or oscillating motion . The particle a is ...
... passing uniformly and continuously from the left to the right of the line of particles . But if we fix our attention on any one of these particles , we shall see that it has a reciprocating or oscillating motion . The particle a is ...
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... passing uniformly and continu- ously from the left to the right . But if we fixed our attention . on any one particle , we should see that it has an oscillating motion above and below the line . The particle a for instance , is at its ...
... passing uniformly and continu- ously from the left to the right . But if we fixed our attention . on any one particle , we should see that it has an oscillating motion above and below the line . The particle a for instance , is at its ...
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... passes along a tube of uniform bore , or for the disturbance of an elastic string ( as that of a musical instrument ) fixed at both ends . dulum . The distance of a cycloidal pendulum from its ALGEBRAICAL EXPRESSION FOR AN UNDULATION . 5.
... passes along a tube of uniform bore , or for the disturbance of an elastic string ( as that of a musical instrument ) fixed at both ends . dulum . The distance of a cycloidal pendulum from its ALGEBRAICAL EXPRESSION FOR AN UNDULATION . 5.
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... which it is transmitted , we shall use the term front of a wave to denote a continuous line passing through all those points which are in the same 2 DEFINITION OF TERMS . 17 is easily seen that a wave includes particles in every ...
... which it is transmitted , we shall use the term front of a wave to denote a continuous line passing through all those points which are in the same 2 DEFINITION OF TERMS . 17 is easily seen that a wave includes particles in every ...
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... passes through a number of points which are simultaneously in the same phase : then EF is a front of a wave . If at the same time GH be another line passing through a number of points which are simultaneously in some other phase , GH is ...
... passes through a number of points which are simultaneously in the same phase : then EF is a front of a wave . If at the same time GH be another line passing through a number of points which are simultaneously in some other phase , GH is ...
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