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V[μ ?o3 v(?;?) = ?2k 21E1 +k22E2 +2?k2 ?k1¢2E1E2 +A?k22E1 +k21E2¢E1E2 ?1+E 1 +E2 +AE1E2 ¢2 ; ? E1 =exp'k1? ?k31? +fi1“; E2 =exp'k2? ?k32? +fi2“; A = k 2 ?k1 k2 +k1 ?2 : p??3¥ZE???ü?? úo   The solitary wave, so-called because it often occurs as this single entity and is localised, was first observed by J. Scott Russell on the Edinburgh-Glasgow canal in 1834; he called it the ’great wave of translation’. Russell reported his observations to the British Association in his 1844 ’Report on Waves’ in the following words: I believe I shall best introduce the phenomenon by describing the circumstances of my own first acquaintance with it. 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