Reading the Principia is also a chore. Interesting though.
Kevin.
On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:03:29 -0800, Herb Case <herbc...@msn.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> herbc...@msn.com
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:57:45 -0600
>> From: estept...@gmail.com
>> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Alexey Kats <alexeyk...@gmail.com>
>> 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
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