CHAPTER IV. TRAVELING WAVES. 457 

20. Different forms of the equations of the traveling wave. 457 


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21. Component waves and single traveling wave. Attenua- 

tion. 459 

22. Effect of inductance, as loading, and leakage, on attenu- 

ation. Numerical example of telephone circuit. 462 

23. Traveling sine wave and traveling cosine wave. Ampli- 

tude and wave front. 464 

24. Discussion of traveling wave as function of distance, and 

of time. 466 

25. Numerical example, and its discussion. 469 

26. The alternating-current long-distance line equations as 

special case of a traveling wave. 471 

27. Reduction of the general equations of the special traveling 

wave to the standard form of alternating-current trans- 
mission line equations. 474