James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics

by Richard Glazebrook

[71] For a very suggestive account of some possible theories, reference should be made to the presidential address of Professor W. M. Hicks to Section A of the British Association at Ipswich in 1895.

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]

Printed by Cassell & Company, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.

---

Transcriber’s Note

Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unpaired quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unpaired.

Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.

Footnotes, originally at the bottoms of pages, have been collected, renumbered, and placed just before the Index.