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Finding the Direction of Travel of Sea Waves

Nature volume 174, pages 1048–1050 (1954)Cite this article

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BARBER, N. Finding the Direction of Travel of Sea Waves. Nature 174, 1048–1050 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1741048a0

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