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1. On the Front and Rear of a Free Procession of Waves in Deep Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

William Thomson
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Takingx horizontal, and y vertically downwards; let (x + ξ, y + η) be, at time t, the position of the particle whose position at time 0 is (x, y); let Φ denote the velocity-potential at (x, y, t); and let Ρ denote its time-integral,

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Proceedings 1886-87
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 14 , 1888 , pp. 38 - 46
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1888

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References

note * page 41 Théoric Analytique de la Chaleur

note † page 41 Sir W. Thomson's Collected Papers, vol. ii. p. 46.

note * page 43 “Tracts” (Undalatory Theory of Optics, last page).