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Wave Motion and Interference
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fere. The name has, however, the sanction of long usage, and will therefore be retained. The principle of interference is of FIG. 8such fundamental importance that it will be worth while to impress it upon the mind by a few experimental illustrations.

Fig. 8 represents an apparatus devised by Professor Quincke for illustrating interference of sound. An organ