At 09:19 pm 29/11/2005 -0500, Michael wrote: ...
>It is also not entirely correct to say that light >is a transverse wave and sound is a longitudinal >wave and therefore sound cannot be polarized. Sound >waves can very definitely be polarized in an >acoustically anisotropic medium. Would it also be "not entirely correct to say that" sound is a longitudinal wave and light is a transverse wave and therefore light cannot be propagated longitudinally? Can light waves "very definitely be" propagated longitudinally in a ?????????? medium perhaps? Just asking. 8-) It would be nice to think they could be. Frank Grimer
