 Let him begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the surface of the water is smooth and reflects like a mirror the images of surrounding objects. This appearance will not be affected by even a slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than...  Hydrodynamics - Page 620by Sir Horace Lamb - 1916 - 708 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1845 - 718 pages
...of waves contained in Table 1., and which exhibit the laws to which these waves are subject. Let him begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8£ in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting surface.... | |
 | John Scott Russell - 1845 - 124 pages
...of waves contained in Table 1., and which exhibit the laws to which these waves are subject. Let him begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (&£- in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting... | |
 | 1871 - 504 pages
...of a sea or large lake, during the successive stages of an increasing wind, from a calm to a storm] begin his observations " in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the " air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8£ in. per " sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting... | |
 | John Scott Russell - 1885 - 356 pages
...of waves contained in Table 1., and which exhibit the laws to which these waves are subject. Let him begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the...This appearance will not be affected by even a slight ORDER*. Designator Characters Species... > arieties Instances • I I FIRST. Wave of translation Solitary... | |
 | Sir Horace Lamb - 1895 - 632 pages
...accordance with the observations of Scott Russell J, from whose paper we make the following interesting extract : " Let [a spectator] begin his observations...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8J in. i>er sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting surface.... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1904 - 734 pages
...of a sea or large lake, during the successive stages of an increasing wind, from a calm to a storm] begin his observations "in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the " air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8J in. per " sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1910 - 581 pages
...of a sea or large lake, during the successive stages of an increasing wind, from a calm to a storm] begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8^- in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting surface.... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1910 - 588 pages
...of a sea or large lake, during the successive stages of an increasing wind, from a calm to a storm] begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8J in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting surface.... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1910 - 588 pages
...of a sea or large lake, during the successive stages of an increasing wind, from a calm to a storm] begin his observations in a perfect calm, when the...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (&J- in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting surface.... | |
 | Sir Horace Lamb - 1916 - 732 pages
...accidentally started, which, if of short wave-length, must be rapidly extinguished by. viscosity J. This is in accordance with the observations of Scott...slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than half a mile an hour (8.| in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness of the reflecting surface.... | |
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