A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

by James Clerk Maxwell

• Title pages
• Preface
• Contents
• Errata
• [001] Preliminary
• Part I: Electrostatics
  • [027] Chapter I: Description of Phenomena
  • [063] Chapter II: Elementary Mathematical Theory of Electricity
  • [084] Chapter III: Systems of Conductors
  • [095] Chapter IV: General Theorems
  • [103] Chapter V: Mechanical Action between Electrified Bodies
  • [112] Chapter VI: Points and Lines of Equilibrium
  • [117] Chapter VII: Forms of Equipotential Surfaces and Lines of Flow
  • [124] Chapter VIII: Simple Cases of Electrification
  • [128] Chapter IX: Spherical Harmonics
  • [147] Chapter X: Confocal Surfaces of the Second Degree
  • [155] Chapter XI: Theory of Electric Images
  • [182] Chapter XII: Conjugate Functions in Two Dimensions
  • [207] Chapter XIII: Electrostatic Instruments
• Part II: Electrokinematics
  • [230] Chapter I: The Electric Current
  • [241] Chapter II: Conduction and Resistance
  • [246] Chapter III: Electromotive Force between Bodies in Contact
  • [255] Chapter IV: Electrolysis
  • [264] Chapter V: Electrolytic Polarization
  • [273] Chapter VI: Linear Electric Currents
  • [285] Chapter VII: Conduction in Three Dimensions
  • [297] Chapter VIII: Resistance and Conductivity in Three Dimensions
  • [310] Chapter IX: Conduction through Heterogeneous Media
  • [325] Chapter X: Conduction in Dielectrics
  • [335] Chapter XI: Measurement of the Electric Resistance of Conductors
  • [359] Chapter XII: Electric Resistance of Substances
• Part III: Magnetism
  • [371] Chapter I: Elementary Theory of Magnetism
  • [395] Chapter II: Magnetic Force and Magnetic Induction
  • [407] Chapter III: Magnetic Solenoids and Shells
  • [424] Chapter IV: Induced Magnetization
  • [431] Chapter V: Particular Problems in Magnetic Induction
  • [442] Chapter VI: Weber's Theory of Induced Magnetism
  • [449] Chapter VII: Magnetic Measurements
  • [465] Chapter VIII: On Terrestrial Magnetism
• Part IV: Electromagnetism
  • [475] Chapter I: Electromagnetic Force
  • [502] Chapter II: Ampère's Investigation of the Mutual Action of Electromagnetic Currents
  • [528] Chapter III: On the Induction of Electric Currents
  • [546] Chapter IV: On the Induction of a Current on Itself
  • [553] Chapter V: On the Equations of Motion of a Connected System
  • [568] Chapter VI: Dynamical Theory of Electromagnetism
  • [579] Chapter VII: Theory of Electric Circuits
  • [585] Chapter VIII: Exploration of the Field by Means of the Secondary Circuit
  • [604] Chapter IX: General Equations of the Electromagnetic Field
  • [620] Chapter X: Dimensions of Electric Units
  • [630] Chapter XI: On Energy and Stress in the Electromagnetic Field
  • [647] Chapter XII: Current-Sheets
  • [682] Chapter XIII: Parallel Currents
  • [694] Chapter XIV: Circular Currents
  • [707] Chapter XV: Electromagnetic Instruments
  • [730] Chapter XVI: Electromagnetic Observations
  • [752] Chapter XVII: Comparison of Coils
  • [758] Chapter XVIII: Electromagnetic Unit of Resistance
  • [768] Chapter XIX: Comparison of the Electrostatic with the Electromagnetic Units
  • [781] Chapter XX: Electromagnetic Theory of Light
  • [806] Chapter XXI: Magnetic Action on Light
  • [832] Chapter XXII: Ferromagnetism and Diamagnetism Explained by Molecular Currents
  • [846] Chapter XXIII: Theories of Action at a Distance
• [867] Index
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