A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 219
ter in [the wave requiresto be noticed, and it is here the explanation is found of the rapidadvance of the wave form, while individual particles have little orno advance. The trochoidal theory teaches that every particlerevolves with uniform speed in a circular orbit (situated in a verticalplane… … Direction of uidvaiuse upper surface, their orbits being the equal circles shown ; then, forthis position of the wave, the radii of the orbits are indicated by OP,OP, etc. The arrow below the wave profile indicates that it isadvancing from right to left; the short arrows on the circular orbitsshow…
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