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Name: Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
ID: m12378
Language: English (en)
Summary: For middle school and up, a short explanation of the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves, with some suggestions for classroom presentation.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: longitudinal, sound, sound waves, transverse, waves
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 1.4 (history)
Created: Sep 1, 2004 2:24 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jun 12, 2009 11:11 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.4 Jun 12, 2009 11:11 am GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes: 
Modified markup for explicit .eps image reference
Version: 1.3 May 9, 2007 10:30 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
changed wavetypes image to look OK in PDF
Version: 1.2 Apr 6, 2005 2:20 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added link
Version: 1.1 Sep 10, 2004 3:46 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Breaking up m11060 into smaller modules.

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