Abstract
DR. VAUGHAN CORNISH is well-known for his researches in the matter of water wave formation, and this new volume from his pen forms a serviceable and welcome addition to his previous work on “Waves of the Sea and other Water Waves”. In the present instance, he has extended his purview to include waves in sand and snow, as well as tidal bores and other progressive waves in rivers. The book is a record of observations carried out systematically and painstakingly over a period dating back to the beginning of the century, during which the author has made a number of voyages and visited various countries for the purpose of collecting data and gaining information. In part, his object has been to provide mathematicians with numerical data for the further development of the theory of water waves, and to enlist their interest in the progressive undulations of granular material. In this respect, he has had the assistance of Dr. Jeffreys to generalise and extend the results of his observations and measurements.
Ocean Waves and kindred Geophysical Phenomena.
By Dr. Vaughan Cornish, and Additional Notes by Dr. Harold Jeffreys. Pp. xv + 164 + 26 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1934.) 10s. net.
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C., B. Ocean Waves and kindred Geophysical Phenomena . Nature 134, 398–399 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134398b0
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