Re: [Paddlewise] Wave Speed - (totally trivial question!)

Dave:

There is an adjective missing here... the translational velocity is
directly, or indirecdtly proportional to the sq.rt. of the length?

Robert

> From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:51:23 -0700
> To: PaddleWise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Wave Speed - (totally trivial question!)
> 
> For waves in "deep water" -- water so deep the waves do not "feel" the bottom
> (depth is greater than half the wavelength), the translational velocity is
> proportional to the square root of the length, and directly proportional to
> the
> period.

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