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The life of James Clerk Maxwell

Note 82 — Chapter IV · ADOLESCENCE—1844 TO 1847—ÆT. 13-16.

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The boys’ nickname for the Rector, Archdeacon Williams. Maxwell’s first interview with him was as follows:—Rector: “What part of Galloway do you come from?” J. C. M.: “From the Yale of Urr, Ye spell it o, err, err, or oo, err, err.”

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