James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics

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