The amazing thing is he didn't have the electron! Everything he did was based on mechanical wave models until he reached radiation. That's where Maxwell's imagination AND understanding of the body of electrical knowledge lead to the more than twenty equations that made up his electromagnetic theory. His orginal equations can be found in his own words in the following: Maxwell on the Electromagnetic Field: A Guided Study Thomas K. Simpson Before warned that this is not an easy read!! It took me four attempts before I understood what Maxwell was saying and I have all the modern prereqs that are belived to be required to understand electromagnetic theory. It is worth the effort, though, as his thought process can be followed. Have fun!!
Herb/WR9H [email protected] > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:57:45 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations. > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Alexey Kats <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "how do you characterize a system with twenty unknowns in four equations?" > > > > It's called generalization... > > > > ---------------- > Well, it's true that Maxwell had a tendency to generalize, but we mustn't > condemn him: he had Demons we can't understand. > > Tony KT0NY > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
