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I QUITE agree with Prof. Stoney that Fourier's theorem can be applied to motions which approximate to non-periodic motions in any assigned degree, and for any assigned time. And so the co-ordinates of any arbitrary motion may approximately in any assigned degree and for any assigned time be represented by formulas of this kind:—where m1, m2,…mn are positive integers, and i must be chosen sufficiently large to suit the length of the assigned time. This is not the point in Prof. Stoney's reasoning to which I object.
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RUNGE, C. The Line Spectra of the Elements. Nature 46, 100 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046100d0
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