undulatory

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On the power of Icebergs to make rectilinear, uniformly-directed Grooves across a Submarine Undulatory Surface.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The Undulatory Theory of Optics was published separately in 1877.

From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell

Such resemblances he did detect; and, spurred on by the discovery, he pursued his speculations and experiments, until he finally succeeded in placing on an immovable basis the Undulatory Theory of Light.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John

Those two theories are known as the Emission or Corpuscular Theory, and the Undulatory or Wave Theory.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

According to it, light travelled faster in water than in air; according to the Undulatory Theory, it travelled faster in air than in water.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John