James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish scientist in the field of mathematical physics. His most notable achievement was to formulate the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism have been called the "second great unification in physics" where the first one had been realised by Isaac Newton.

Published Works

• A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field
• ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
• Tait's “Thermodynamics”
• A Treatise on the Kinetic Theory of Gases
• On Faraday's Lines of Force
• Clerk-Maxwell's Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Tait's “Thermodynamics” 1
• A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
• Statique expérimentale et théorique des Liquides soumis aux seules Forces moléculaires
• On the Dynamical Theory of Gases
• On Physical Lines of Force
• Diffusion
• Introductory Lecture on Experimental Physics
• Capillary Action
• Ueber Doppelbrechung in einer bewegten zähen Flüssigkeit
• On the Mathematical Classification of Physical Quantities
• Scientific Worthies
• On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature
• On the Calculation of the Equilibrium and Stiffness of Frames
• On Governors
• On the stability of the motion of Saturn's Rings
• Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases
• On Colour Vision *
• On a particular case of the descent of a heavy body in a resisting medium
• On the Theory of Three Primary Colours
• On Reciprocal Figures and Diagrams of Forces
• On Reciprocal Figures, Frames, and Diagrams of Forces
• Address to the Mathematical and Physical Sections of the British Association (1870)
• On Hills and Dales
• Faraday
• Atom
• General considerations concerning Scientific Apparatus
• Paradoxical Philosophy, A Sequel to the “Unseen Universe”
• Account of Experiments on the Perception of Colour
• CONDUCTION THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
• Ether
• Thomson and Tait's Natural Philosophy
• On the Description of Oval Curves and those having a plurality of Foci; with remarks by Professor Forbes
• On the Theory of Colours in relation to Colour-Blindness
• Experiments on Colour as perceived by the Eye, with remarks on Colour-Blindness
• Description of a New Form of the Platometer, an Instrument for measuring the areas of Plane Figures drawn on paper
• On the general laws of Optical Instruments
• THEORY OF ELECTRIC IMAGES
• MAGNETIC FORCE AND MAGNETIC INDUCTION
• On the Equilibrium of a Spherical Envelope
• On Reciprocal Diagrams in Space and their relation to Airy's Function of Stress
• On Colour Vision
• On the Induction of Electric Currents in an Infinite Plane Sheet of uniform Condúctivity
• On Loschmidt's Experiments on Diffusion in relation to the Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Van der Waals on the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States
• On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies (A Lecture)
• Attraction
• On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances
• Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz
• Constitution of Bodies
• Tait's Thermodynamics (Review)
• On Boltzmanri's Theorem on the average distribution of energy in a system of material points
• The Telephone (Rede Lecture)
• MOLECULAR THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BODIES
• Thomson and Tait's Natural Philosophy
• Dedication
• PREFACE
• ERRATA
• On the Theory of Rolling Curves
• On the Equilibrium of Eastic Solids
• On the Transformation of Surfaces by Bending
• On the elementally Theory of Optical Instruments
• On a method of drawing the Theoretical Forms of Faraday's Lines of Force without calculation
• On the unequal sensibility of the Foramen Centrale to Light of different Colours
• On the Theory of Compound Colours with reference to mixtures of Blue and Yellow Light
• On an instrument to illustrate Poinsöt's Theory of Rotation
• On a Dynamical Top, for exhibiting the phenomena of the motions of a body of invariable form about a fixed point, with some suggestions as to the Earth's motion
• On Theories of the Constitution of Saturn's Rings
• On the Theory of Compound Colours and the Relations, of the Colours of the Spectrum
• Plate section
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• ON MOTION
• ON FORCE
• ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE CENTRE OF MASS OF A MATERIAL SYSTEM
• ON WORK AND ENERGY
• RECAPITULATION
• THE PENDULUM AND GRAVITY
• UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
• PREFACE
• PRELIMINARY
• DESCRIPTION OF PHENOMENA
• ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY
• SYSTEMS OF CONDUCTORS
• GENERAL THEOREMS
• MECHANICAL ACTION BETWEEN ELECTRIFIED BODIES
• POINTS AND LINES OF EQUILIBRIUM
• FORMS OF EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES AND LINES OF FLOW
• SIMPLE CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
• SPHERICAL HARMONICS
• CONFOCAL SURFACES OF THE SECOND DEGREE
• CONJUGATE FUNCTIONS IN TWO DIMENSIONS
• ELECTROSTATIC INSTRUMENTS
• THE ELECTRIC CURRENT
• CONDUCTION AND RESISTANCE
• ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE BETWEEN BODIES IN CONTACT
• ELECTROLYSIS
• ELECTROLYTIC POLARIZATION
• MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS
• CONDUCTION IN THREE DIMENSIONS
• RESISTANCE AND CONDUCTIVITY IN THREE DIMENSIONS
• CONDUCTION IN DIELECTRICS
• MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF CONDUCTORS
• ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
• Plate section
• ELEMENTARY THEORY OF MAGNETISM
• PARTICULAR FORMS OF MAGNETS
• INDUCED MAGNETIZATION
• MAGNETIC PROBLEMS
• WEBER'S THEORY OF MAGNETIC INDUCTION
• MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS
• TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM
• ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE
• MUTUAL ACTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS
• INDUCTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS
• INDUCTION OF A CURRENT ON ITSELF
• GENERAL EQUATIONS OF DYNAMICS
• APPLICATION OF DYNAMICS TO ELECTROMAGNETISM
• ELECTROKINETICS
• EXPLORATION OF THE FIELD BY MEANS OF THE SECONDARY CIRCUIT
• GENERAL EQUATIONS
• DIMENSIONS OF ELECTRIC UNITS
• ENERGY AND STRESS
• CURRENT-SHEETS
• PARALLEL CURRENTS
• CIRCULAR CURRENTS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS
• ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT OF COEFFICIENTS OF INDUCTION
• DETERMINATION OF RESISTANCE IN ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASURE
• COMPARISON OF ELECTROSTATIC WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC UNITS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY OF LIGHT
• MAGNETIC ACTION ON LIGHT
• ELECTRIC THEORY OF MAGNETISM
• THEORIES OF ACTION AT A DISTANCE
• Plate section
• ERRATA. VOL. II.
• On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases (The Bakerian Lecture)
• On the Theory of the Maintenance of Electric Currents by Mechanical Work without the use of Permanent Magnets
• On the best Arrangement for producing a Pure Spectrum on a Screen
• The Construction of Stereograms of Surfaces
• “Experiment in Magneto-Electric Induction” (in a letter to W. R. Grove, F.R.S.)
• On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force; with a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
• On the Cyclide
• On a Bow seen on the Surface of Ice
• On the Displacement in a Case of Fluid Motion
• On Colour-Vision at different points of the Retina
• On the Solution of Electrical Problems by the Transformation of Conjugate Functions
• On the Geometrical Mean Distance of Two Figures on a Plane
• On the Condition that, in the Transformation of any Figure by Curvilinear Co-ordinates in Three Dimensions, every angle in the new Figure shall be equal to the corresponding angle in the original Figure
• Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism. By Sir W. Thomson. (Review)
• On the Proof of the Equations of Motion of a Connected System
• On a Problem in the Calculus of Variations in which the solution is discontinuous
• On Action at a Distance
• Elements of Natural Philosophy. By Professors Sir W. Thomson and P. G. Tait. (Review)
• On the Theory of a System of Electrified Conductors, and other Physical Theories involving Homogeneous Quadratic Functions
• On the Focal Lines of a Refracted Pencil
• An Essay on the Mathematical Principles of Physics. By the Rev. James Challis, M.A., &c. (Review)
• On the Final State of a System of Molecules in motion subject to forces of any kind
• Molecules (A Lecture)
• On Double Refraction in a Viscous Fluid in Motion
• On Hamilton's Characteristic Function for a narrow Beam of Light
• On the Relation of Geometrical Optics to other parts of Mathematics and Physics
• Plateau on Soap-Bubbles (Review)
• Grove's “Correlation of Physical Forces” (Review)
• On the application of Kirchhoff's Rules for Electric Circuits to the Solution of a Geometrical Problem
• On the Centre of Motion of the Eye
• On the Application of Hamilton's Characteristic Function to the Theory of an Optical Instrument symmetrical about its axis
• On Bow's method of drawing diagrams in Graphical Statics with illustrations from Peaucellier's Linkage
• Diffusion of Gases through Absorbing Substances
• Instruments connected with Fluids
• Whewell's Writings and Correspondence (Review)
• On Ohm's Law
• On the protection of buildings from lightning
• On a Paradox in the Theory of Attraction
• On Approximate Multiple Integration between Limits by Summation
• On the Unpublished Electrical Papers of the Hon. Henry Cavendish
• Diagrams
• On the Electrical Capacity of a long narrow Cylinder and of a Disk of sensible thickness
• Paradoxical Philosophy (A Review)
• Faraday
• Reports on Special Branches of Science
• Harmonic Analysis
• EDITOR'S PREFACE
• FRAGMENT OF AUTHOR'S PREFACE
• CHAPTER I
• ON THE CHARGES OF ELECTRIFIED BODIES
• ON ELECTRICAL WORK AND ENERGY
• THE ELECTRIC FIELD
• FARADAY'S LAW OF LINES OF INDUCTION
• PARTICULAR CASES OF ELECTRIFICATION
• ELECTRICAL IMAGES
• CAPACITY
• ELECTRIC CURRENT
• PHENOMENA OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH FLOWS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA
• METHODS OF MAINTAINING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
• ON THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
• ON THE ELECTRIC RESISTANCE OF SUBSTANCES
• PLATES
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• THERMOMETRY, OR THE REGISTRATION OF TEMPERATURE
• CALORIMETRY, OR THE MEASUREMENT OF HEAT
• ELEMENTARY DYNAMICAL PRINCIPLES
• MEASUREMENT OF INTERNAL FORCES AND THEIR EFFECTS
• LINES OF EQUAL TEMPERATURE ON THE INDICATOR DIAGRAM
• ADIABATIC LINES
• HEAT ENGINES
• RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A SUBSTANCE
• LATENT HEAT
• THERMODYNAMICS OF GASES
• ON THE INTRINSIC ENERGY OF A SYSTEM OF BODIES
• ON FREE EXPANSION
• DETERMINATION OF HEIGHTS BY THE BAROMETER
• ON THE PROPAGATION OF WAVES OF LONGITUDINAL DISTURBANCE
• ON RADIATION
• ON CONVECTION CURRENTS
• ON THE DIFFUSION OF HEAT BY CONDUCTION
• ON THE DIFFUSrON OF FLUIDS
• CAPILLARITY
• ON ELASTICITY AND VISCOSITY
• Recent Advances in Physical Science
• Ueber die Diffusion der Gase durch absorbirende Substanzen.
• Theory of Electrical Induction
• William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Practical Physics, Molecular Physics, and Sound
• Lightning conductors
• The scientific papers of James Clerk Maxwell

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