Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 325
tance of any point in a wave from the axis, asou, is called the amplitude of the wave. § 251. Reflection of waves. — Interference. — Experi-ment 1. Stretch the rope horizontally between two elevated points,and pluck it with the hand or strike it with a stick near one end, andsend along it a single… … Experiment 2. — Just at the instant of reflection start a secondcrest; these two, the crest and the returning inverted crest or trough (C), are now travelingalong the rope in oppo•site directions, and mustmeet at some point. Thispoint will be urged up-ward by the crest anddownward by the trough,and…
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