The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell,9781108012256

The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

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ISBN13: 9781108012256
ISBN10: 1108012256
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-02-02
Publisher(s): Cambridge Univ Pr
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Summary

The publication in 1890 of the two-volume Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, edited by W. D. Niven, was one of the two objects of a committee formed 'for the purpose of securing a fitting memorial of him' (the other object being the commissioning of a marble bust for the Cavendish Laboratory). Before his death in 1879 at the age of 48, Clerk Maxwell had made major contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and mathematics, not least his discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and of the kinetic theory of gases, which have been regarded as laying the foundations of all modern physics. He is generally considered the third most important physicist of all time, after Newton and Einstein. These collected shorter works, beginning with a paper written at the age of 15, show the wide range of Clerk Maxwell's interests across mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Table of Contents

Preface
On the description of oval curves and those having a plurality of foci
On the theory of rolling curves
On the equilibrium of elastic solids
On the transformation of surfaces by bending
On a particular case of the descent of a heavy body in a resisting medium
On the theory of colours in relation to colour-blindness
Experiments on colour as perceived by the eye, with remarks on colour-blindness
On Faraday's lines of force
Description of a new form of the Platometer, an instrument for measuring the areas of plane figures drawn on paper
On the elementary 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 Poinsont'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
Account of experiments on the perception of colour
On the general laws of optical instruments
On theories of the constitution of Saturn's rings
On the stability of the motion of Saturn's rings
Illustrations of the dynamical theory of gases
On the theory of compound colours and the relations of the colours of the spectrum
On the theory of three primary colours
On the physical lines of force
On reciprocal figures and diagrams of forces
A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field
On the calculation of the equilibrium and stiffness of frames
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