Re: Longitudinal Waves

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "David Thomson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
> 
> > Perhaps.      However, if one accounts for the known energy losses:
resistive,
> radiative, etc. The decline in amplitude ('damping') is nicely accounted
> for.
> 
> And this means....?
> 
> So just because we know how to use transverse waves we're not going to
> explore the world of longitudinal waves?
> 
> It doesn't bother me that you want to remain content with transverse waves.
> Be my guest.  But I see an undeveloped frontier within my grasp.  I'm going
> to be a pioneer in the art of generating and utilizing longitudinal waves,
> just like Master Tesla did. :-)
> 
> Dave

	We'll be waiting eagerly for the results of your studies.  Please keep
us informed and relate them to the master's work!

Ed