An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications (1919)
Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-1951, Jackson, John Price, b. 1868, Black, Newton Henry, b. 1874 · New York, The Macmillian Co · leaf 604
ions along the surface ofthe water from the place wherethe pebble strikes. The crestof each wave travels onwarduntil it is either broken uponsome obstruction, like thebanks of the pond, or is dissi-pated by the friction of the water itself, when its height be-comes so small as to be no longer… … T3 ; ^— Fig. 389. — Illustration of amplitudeand wave length of waves on the sur-face of water. 540 ELECTRICITY AXD MAGNETISM If a log lies in the pond, the waves will break upon it andleave comparatively still water on its farther side (thus creatingwhat maybe called a water-wave shadow), although…
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