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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
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