The life of James Clerk Maxwell
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- with a selection from his correspondence and occasional writings and a sketch of his contributions to science
Lewis Campbell and William Garnett
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1. Front matter2. THE LIFE OF JAMES CLERK MAXWELL3. PREFACE.4. PART I. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY—BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.5. NOTE. THE CLERKS OF PENICUIK AND MAXWELLS OF MIDDLEBIE.6. CHAPTER II. GLENLAIR—CHILDHOOD—1831 TO 1841.7. CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD—EDINBURGH ACADEMY—“OLD 31”—HOLIDAYS AT GLENLAIR—1841 TO 1844—ÆT. 10-13.8. CHAPTER IV. ADOLESCENCE—1844 TO 1847—ÆT. 13-16.9. NOTE.10. CHAPTER V. OPENING MANHOOD—1847 TO 1850—Æt. 16-19.11. CHAPTER VI. UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE—OCTOBER 1850 TO JANUARY 1854—Æt. 19-22.12. CHAPTER VII. BACHELOR-SCHOLAR AND FELLOW OF TRINITY—1854 to 1856—Æt. 22-24.13. CHAPTER VIII. ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE—1853 TO 1856.14. CHAPTER IX. DEATH OF HIS FATHER—PROFESSORSHIP AT ABERDEEN—1856, 1857—Æt. 24-25.15. CHAPTER X. ABERDEEN—MARRIAGE—1857 TO 1860, Æt. 26-29.16. CHAPTER XI. KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON, 1860 TO 1865—GLENLAIR, 1860 to 1870—ÆT. 29-39.17. CHAPTER XII. CAMBRIDGE—1871 TO 1879.18. CHAPTER XII. CAMBRIDGE—1871 TO 1879. (continued 2)19. CHAPTER XIII. ILLNESS AND DEATH—1879—ÆT. 47, 48.20. CHAPTER XIV. LAST ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE.21. PART II. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.22. PART II. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE. (continued 2)23. PART II. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE. (continued 3)24. PART III. POEMS.25. II. OCCASIONAL PIECES.26. III. SERIO-COMIC VERSE.27. INDEX.