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Having examined how a single object vibrates, we are now ready to explore how its vibration may be transmitted some distance away, to other objects; this occurs through the intermediary of waves.
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Wellner, M. (1991). Waves. In: Elements of Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3860-8_14
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