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CHAPTER VIII.
Maxwell.
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Gauss and Riemann on the propagation of electric actions,
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Analogies suggested by W. Thomson,
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Maxwell's hydrodynamical analogy,
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The vector potential,
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Linear and rotatory interpretations of magnetism,
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Maxwell's mechanical model of the electromagnetic field,
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Electric displacement,
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Similarity of electric vibrations to those of light,
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Connexion of refractive index and specific inductive capacity,
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Maxwell's memoir of 1864,
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The propagation of electric disturbances in crystals and in metals,
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Anomalous dispersion,
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The Maxwell-Sellmeier theory of dispersion,
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Imperfections of the electromagnetic theory of light,
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The theory of L. Lorenz,
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Maxwell's theory of stress in the electric field,
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The pressure of radiation,
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Maxwell's theory of the magnetic rotation of light,
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CHAPTER IX.
Models of the Aether.
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Analogies in which a rotatory character is attributed to magnetism,
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Models in which magnetic force is represented as a linear velocity,
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Researches of W. Thomson, Bjerknes, and Leahy, on pulsating and oscillating bodies,
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MacCullagh's quasi-elastic solid as a model of the electric medium,
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The Tall effect,
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Models of Riemann and FitzGerald,
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Vortex-atoms,
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The vortex-sponge theory of the aether: researches of W. Thomson, FitzGerald, and Hicks,
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CHAPTER X.
The Followers of Maxwell.
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Helmholtz and H. A. Lorentz supply an electromagnetic theory of reflexion,
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Crucial experiments of Helmholtz and Schiller,
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