Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 384
by the most wonder- INTERFERENCE OF WATER-WAVES 361 ful self-analysis to untie their knotted scrollso The adja-cent figure (fig. 162), which is copied from the excellentWellenlehre of the brothers Weber, will give some idea ofthe beauty of these effects. It represents the chasingproduced by the… … This power of water to accept and transmit multitu-dinous impulses is shared by air, which concedes the rightof space and motion to any number of sonorous waves.The same air is competent to accept and transmit thevibrations of a thousand instruments at the same time.When we try to visualise the…
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