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James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)

A Scottish mathematical physicist, born in Edinburgh. This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "J. C. M."

James Clerk Maxwell

Works

• A Problem in Dynamics (1854)
• On Faraday's Lines of Force (1855)
• On Physical Lines of Force (1861)
• A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field (1865)
• On Governors (1868)
• Theory of Heat (1871)
• On the Focal Lines of a Refracted Pencil (1871)
• A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (1873)
• Molecules (1873)
• To the Committee of the Cayley Portrait Fund (1874)
• On Hamilton's Characteristic Function for a Narrow Beam of Light (1874)
• Matter and Motion (1876)
• On Stresses in Rarified Gases Arising from Inequalities of Temperature (1879)
• On a Possible Mode of Detecting a Motion of the Solar System through the Luminiferous Ether (1879)
• An Elementary Treatise on Electricity (1881)
• The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell (published posthumously, 1890)
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Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• “The Theory of Molecules,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 4, January 1874
• “The Protection of Buildings from Lightning,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 10, December 1876

Contributions to Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition

• “Atom” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1878.
• “Attraction” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1878.
• “Ether” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1878.

Contributions to EB1911

• “Capillary Action” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Diagram” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Faraday, Michael” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

About

• “Maxwell, James Clerk” in The American Cyclopædia, 1879.
• “Sketch of James Clerk Maxwell,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 17, May 1880
• “Maxwell, James Clerk,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
• “Maxwell, James Clerk” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Transcription projects

• A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism-Vol.1 & 2

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