 A gentle zephyr flitting along the surface from point to point, may be observed to destroy the perfection of the mirror for a moment, and on departing, the surface remains polished as before ; if the air have a velocity of about a mile an hour, the surface...  Hydrodynamics - Page 620by Sir Horace Lamb - 1916 - 708 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1845 - 718 pages
...wave. [Wind waves. The aerial sound wave. Ocean swell. Dentate waves. Zephyral waves. Water-sound wave. owing to the presence of those minute corrugations...superficial film which form waves of the third order. These corrugations produce on the surface of the water an effect very similar to the effect of those... | |
 | John Scott Russell - 1885 - 356 pages
...to be noticed that the diminution of this reflecting power is owing to the presence of those n1iuute corrugations of the superficial film which form waves of the third order. These corrugations produce on the surface of the water au effect very similar to the effect of those... | |
 | Sir Horace Lamb - 1916 - 732 pages
...be affected by even a slight motion of the air, and a velocity of less than hall a mile an hour (81 in. per sec.) does not sensibly disturb the smoothness...the dissipative forces were of a different kind. t Cf. Airy, "Tides and Waves," Arts. 265-272; Stokes, Camb. Tram. t. ix. p. [62] [Papers, t. iii. p.... | |
 | Sir Horace Lamb - 1916 - 740 pages
...the water becomes less capable of distinct reflexion, and on observing it in such a condition, it ia to be noticed that the diminution of this reflecting...the dissipative forces were of a different kind. t Cf. Airy. "Tides and Waves," Arts. 265-272; Stokes, Camb. Tram. t. ix. p. [62] [Paprrt. t. iii. p.... | |
 | Sir Horace Lamb - 1945 - 774 pages
...the water becomes less capable of distinct refleiion, and on observing it in such a condition, it in to be noticed that the diminution of this reflecting...superficial film which form waves of the third order [rapiHary waves]. ... This first .stage of disturbance has this distinguishing circumstancej that the... | |
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