Van Nostrand's eclectic engineering magazine (1869)
[New York : D. Van Nostrand] · leaf 594
of oscillation crest overtakes it. It will then be imme- is the time it takes to traverse its whole diately over the point from which it started. length. As the wave passes on, it continues moving We will consider the motion of a particle with it in direction, and at the same time of water on the… … '? s 'a> Z> b & 7v 7c rrx 71 tain ratio which depends on the depth from the circle ; it then moves slowly backwards from the crest, continuing down the back the surface. slope of the wave through the lower left- Let Fig. 2 represent a wave such as we are describing. The circles a', b', c', etc.,…
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