Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 347
ilyvery much exaggerated, to let the motion be perceptible, whereasthe greatest condensation in actual sound motion is not more thanone or two per cent, or a small fraction of a per cent. Exceptthat the amount of condensation was exaggerated in the diagram forsound, you have a correct… … Waves of Violet Light. line of particles. You must first imagine a line of particles in a straightline, and then you must imagine them disturbed into a wave curve,the shape of the curve corresponding to the disturbance. Havingseen what the propagation of the wave is, look at this diagram andthen…
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