A manual of naval architecture. For the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders, shipowners, and yachtsmen (1889)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London, J. Murray · leaf 199
ice thetracing arm. The i:ieriod of a wave is the time (usually in seconds)its crest or hollow occupies in traversing a distance equal to itsown length; and the velocity (in feet per second) will, of course,be obtained by finding the quotient of the length divided by theperiod, and Avould commonly… … Direction of Advance to 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 avertical plane which…
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