Text: Considered to be transverse (shear) waves and not longitudinal (compression) waves. Discovered by Hertz in 1888. Term occasionally applied to radio or electromagnetic waves, they being named after Dr. Heinrich Rudolf Hertz owing to his extensive researches into electromagnetic waves. 190

See Also: ELECTROMAGNETIC SOUND WAVES; SOUND WAVES; LONGITUDINAL; TRANSVERSE; SHEAR; PHONON

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