AT&T Archives: Similiarities of Wave Behavior (Bonus Edition)

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A 1959 Bell Labs teaching film still cited as the clearest intuition-builder for wave and transmission-line behaviour; official AT&T archive upload.

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Bell Labs' J.N. Shive uses a mechanical wave machine to show reflection, standing waves, resonance and impedance matching — the ideas behind transmission lines.

Video by AT&T Tech Channel, played through YouTube's embedded player.

Part of AT&T Archives Director's Cuts, AT&T Archives

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