INDEX.

Aberdeen, Maxwell elected Professor at, [45];
formation of University of, [51]
Adams, W. G., succeeds Maxwell as Professor at King’s College, London, [58]
Adams Prize, The, [48];
gained by Maxwell, [50]
Ampère, [155], [204]
Ampère’s Law, [155], [156]
Annals of Philosophy, Thomson’s, [112], [113]
“Apostles,” club so called, [30], [89]
Arago, [157]
Aragonite, [200]
Atom, article by Maxwell in Encyclopædia Britannica, [108]
Avogadros’ Law, [117], [124]
Bakerian Lecture, delivered by Maxwell, [58]
Berkeley on the Theory of Vision, [38]
Bernouilli, D., [113]
Blackburne, Professor, [16]
Blore, Rev. E. W., [67]
Boehm, Bust of Maxwell by, [90]
Boltzmann, Dr., [135], [137], [138], [144], [216]
Boltzmann-Maxwell Theory, The, [140], [145]
Boscovitch on Atoms, [108], [109]
Boyle’s Law, [114], [117], [124]
Brewster, Sir David, on Colour Sensation, [99]
British Association, Maxwell and, [42],54;
Lecture before, [80–82];
Lines on President’s address, [83], [84]
Butler, Dr. H. M., extract from sermon on Maxwell, [32–35]
Bryan, G. H., [141], [143]
Cambridge, Maxwell at, [28–46];
Mathematical Tripos at, [60];
Foundation of Professorship of Experimental Physics at, [66]
Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, Papers by Maxwell in, [30]
Campbell, Professor L., [9], [10], [12], [14], [22], [52], [57], [79]
Cauchy’s Formula, [208]
Cavendish, Henry, [73], [74];
Works of, edited by Maxwell, [87], [154], [155]
Cavendish Laboratory, built and presented to University of Cambridge, [73], [74]
Cay, Miss Frances, [11]
Cayley Portrait Fund, lines to Committee, [86]
Challis, Professor, [49]
Charles’ Law, [124]
Chemical Society, Maxwell’s lecture before, [80–82]
Clausius, on kinetic theory of gases, [119], [129], [130], [137]
Clerks of Penicuik, The, [9], [10]
Colour Perception, [94]
Colour Sensation, Young on, [97], [98];
Sir D. Brewster on, [99]
Colours, paper by Maxwell, on, [40], [41];
Helmholtz on, [99]
Conductors and Insulators, Distinction between, [173]
Cookson, Dr., [61]
Corsock, Maxwell buried at, [90]
Cotes, [202]
Coulomb, [154]
Curves, investigated by Maxwell, [19]
Daniell’s cells, [77]
Democritus, [108]
Demonstrator of Physics, W. Garnett appointed, [75]
Description of Oval Curves, first paper by Maxwell, [19]
Devonshire, Duke of, Cavendish Laboratory built by, [73], [74];
Letter of Thanks from University of Cambridge, [74]
Dewar, Miss K. M., her marriage to Maxwell, [51]
Dickinson, Lowes; Portrait of Maxwell by, [90]
Diffusion of gases, [128]
Discs for colour experiments, [99–101]
Droop, H. R., [57]
Dynamical Theory of the Electro-magnetic Field, Maxwell on, [57], [177]
Dynamical Theory of Gases, Maxwell on, [58], [134]
Edinburgh Academy, Maxwell’s school-life at, [13–18]
Edinburgh, Royal Society of, Maxwell at meetings of, [18]
Edinburgh, University of, Maxwell at, [22]
Elastic Spheres, [144]
Electric Displacement, [218], [219], [220]
Electrical Theories, [94], [154], [155]
Electricity and Magnetism, Maxwell’s book on, [59], [77], [79], [147], [155], [156], [176], [180–201];
papers by Lord Kelvin on, [161–2];
Application of Mathematical Analysis to, paper by G. Green, [158]
Electricity, Modern Views of, by Professor Lodge, [177]
Electro-kinetic Momentum, [221]
Electro-magnetic Field, Dynamical Theory of, Maxwell on, [57], [177]
Electro-magnetic Induction, [157]
Electro-magnetic Theory of Light, [174]
Electro-tonic State, [164]
Electrostatic Induction, Faraday on, [159]
Encyclopædia Britannica, articles by Maxwell in, [80], [108], [146]
Ether, labile, [220]
Experimental Physics, foundation of Professorship at Cambridge, [66];
Election of Maxwell, [68]
Faraday on electrical science, [157];
on electrostatic induction, [159]
Faraday’s Lines of Force, paper by Maxwell on, [44], [45], [148–153]
Fawcett, W. M., architect of Cavendish Laboratory, [73]
Fitzgerald, Professor, [177], [211]
Forbes, Professor J. D., [18], [44], [54];
friendship with Maxwell, [19];
paper on Theory of Glaciers, [19];
resigns Professorship at Edinburgh, [54]
Galvani, [155]
Garnett, W., appointed Demonstrator of Physics at Cambridge, [75];
Life of Maxwell by, [94]
Gases, Molecular theory of, [57], [108];
Waterston on general theory of, [118];
Clausius on, [119];
diffusion of, [128]
Gauss’ Theory, [156]
Gay Lussac’s Law, [117]
General Theory of Gases, Waterston on, [118];
Clausius on, [119]
Glenlair, home of Maxwell, [11], [23];
laboratory at, [24];
Maxwell’s life at, [58], [59];
“Electricity and Magnetism” written at, [79]
Gordon, J. E. H., [77], [78]
Green, G., of Nottingham, paper on electricity and magnetism, [158];
inventor of term “Potential,” [158]
Hamilton, Sir W. R., [22]
Hamilton’s Principle, [190]
Heat, Text-book on, by Maxwell, [79]
Helmholtz, [99], [156], [157], [175], [221]
Henry, J., of Washington, on electro-magnetic induction, [157]
Herapath on molecules, [112–116]
Hertz, Heinrich, [204], [209–213]
Hicks, W. M., [221]
Hockin, C., [56]
Holman, Professor, [133]
Iceland Spar, [200]
Insulators and Conductors, Distinction between, [173]
Jenkin, Fleeming, [55], [56]
Kelland, Professor, [22]
Kelvin, Lord, [16], [142], [158], [159], [160], [168];
on the Uniform Motion of Heat, [160];
papers on Electricity and Magnetism, [161], [162]
Kinetic energy, [124], [129], [136], [139], [191]
King’s College, London, Maxwell elected Professor at, [54]
Kohlrausch, [206]
Kundt, [132]
Labile Ether, [220]
Laboratory at Glenlair, [24]
Lagrange, [179]
Lagrange’s Equations, [179], [190]
Laplace, [155]
Larmor, J., [141], [142]
Lecher, [214]
Lenz, [157]
Litchfield, R. B., [46]
Light, Electro-magnetic Theory of, [174];
Waves of, [198], [199]
Lodge, Professor, book on Modern Views of Electricity, [177]
Lucretius, [108]
Luminous Radiation, [221]
Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge, subjects, [60];
Maxwell an examiner for, [60], [80];
experimental work in, [76]
Matter and Motion, Maxwell on, [79]
Maxwell, James Clerk, parentage and birthplace, [10], [11];
childhood and school-days, [12–18];
his mother’s death, [13];
first lessons in geometry, [17];
attends meetings of Royal Society of Edinburgh, [18];
his first published paper, [19];
friendship with Professor Forbes, [19];
his polariscope, [20];
enters the University of Edinburgh, [22];
papers on Rolling Curves and Elastic Solids, [23];
vacations at Glenlair, [23];
laboratory at Glenlair, [24];
undergraduate life at Cambridge, [28–36];
elected scholar of Trinity, [29];
illness at Lowestoft, [29];
his friends at Cambridge, [30];
Tripos and degree, [35–37];
early researches, [38–44];
paper on Colours, [40], [41];
elected Fellow of Trinity, [43];
Lecturer at Trinity, [43];
Professor at Aberdeen, [45];
his father’s death, [45];
gains the Adams Prize, [50];
marriage, [51];
powers as teacher and lecturer, [52], [53];
Professor at King’s College, London, [54];
gains the Rumford Medal, [55];
delivers Bakerian lecture, [58];
resigns Professorship at King’s College, London, [58];
life at Glenlair, [58], [59];
visit to Italy, [59];
Examiner for Mathematical Tripos, [60], [80];
elected Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge, [68];
Introductory Lecture, [68–72];
Examiner for Natural Sciences Tripos, [79];
articles in Encyclopædia Britannica, [80], [118], [146];
papers in Nature, [80];
lectures before British Association and Chemical Society, [80–82];
humorous poems, [83–87];
delivers Rede Lecture on the Telephone, [89];
last illness and death, [89], [90];
buried at Corsock, [90];
bust and portrait, [90];
religious views, [91], [92]
Maxwell, John Clerk, [10], [11]
Meyer, O. E., [133]
Mill’s Logic, [38]
Molecular Evolution, Lines on, [85]
—— Physics, [94]
—— Constitution of Bodies, Maxwell on, [146]
—— Theory of Gases, [57], [108]
Molecules, [109], [110];
Herapath on, [112–116];
lecture by Maxwell on, [146]
Motion of Saturn’s Rings, subject for Adams Prize, [49]
Munro, J. C., [40], [56], [68], [82]
Natural Sciences Tripos, Maxwell Examiner for, [79]
Nature, papers by Maxwell in, [80]
Neumann, F. E., [156], [157]
Newton’s Lunar Theory and Astronomy, [50]
—— Principia, [202]
Nicol, Wm., inventor of the polarising prism, [20]
Niven, W. D., [27], [46], [51], [52], [60], [78], [87], [88], [93]
Obermeyer, [134]
Ohm’s Law, [77]
Ophthalmoscope devised by Maxwell, [83]
Oval Curves, Description of, Maxwell’s first paper, [19]
Parkinson, Dr., [49]
Philosophical Magazine, [56], [99], [115], [120], [133], [142]
Philosophical Transactions, [56], [89], [132], [145]
Physical Lines of Force, Maxwell on, [56], [158]
Physics, Instruction in, at Cambridge, [61];
Report of Syndicate on, [62–64];
Demonstrator appointed, [75]
Poincaré, [216]
Poisson, [44];
on distribution of electricity, [155]
Polariscope, made by Maxwell, [20]
“Potential,” term invented by G. Green, [158];
the Vector, [165], [221]
Poynting, Professor, [187–189]
Puluj, [134]
Quincke, [206]
Radiation, Luminous, [221]
Rarefied Gases, Stresses in, paper by Maxwell, [135], [145]
Rayleigh, Lord, [67], [77]
Rede Lecture on the Telephone, delivered by Maxwell, [89]
Report on Electrical Theories, J. J. Thomson, [204]
—— of Syndicate as to instruction in Physics at Cambridge, [62–64]
Robertson, C. H., [28]
Rolling Curves, Maxwell on, [23]
Royal Society, The, Maxwell and, [55];
Transactions of, [89]
Rumford Medal gained by Maxwell, [55], [106]
Sabine, Major-General, Vice-President of Royal Society, [106]
Smith’s Prizes, [36]
Standards of Electrical Resistance, Committee on, [55]
Stewart, Balfour, [56], [125]
Stresses in Rarefied Gases, Maxwell on, [135], [155]
Tait, Professor P. G., [21], [26], [94]
Tayler, Rev. C. B., [29]
Telephone, Rede Lecture by Maxwell on, [89]
Theory of Glaciers, Prof. Forbes on, [19]
Thomson, J. J., [157], [208];
Report on Electrical Theories, [205]
Thomson’s Annals of Philosophy, [112], [113]
Uniform Motion of Heat in Homogeneous Solid Bodies, paper by Lord Kelvin, [160], [161]
University Commission, [47], [48], [62]
Urr, Vale of, [11]
Vector Potential, The, [165], [221]
Viscosity of Gases, Experiments on, [58], [125], [132]
Volta, Inventor of voltaic pile, [155]
Waterston, J. J., on molecular theory of gases, [114], [115];
on general theory of gases, [118]
Waves of Light, [198], [199]
Weber, W., [156], [206]
Wedderburn, Mrs., [14]
Wheatstone’s Bridge, [77]
Williams, J., Archdeacon of Cardigan, [16]
Willis, Professor, [44]
Wilson, E., lines in memory of, [86], [87]
Young, T., on colour sensation, [97], [98]

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