Hi Kevin, Was not Maxwell that condensed the hard to understand original theory. Was some his disciples, aka "The Maxwellians," that finished the theory in the present form. FitzGerald, Lodge, and Heavyside plus others.
Am just now reading "The Maxwellians" that has this story. 73, tom n4zpt On 3/6/2011 5:37 PM, Kevin Rock wrote: > I have always wondered how he condensed the original twenty equations in > twenty unknowns down to just four of them. The quaternions he used > initially were out a favor with the physics community of the day so he > needed to get them into vector form. Heaviside did a good job but how do > you characterize a system with twenty unknowns in four equations? What > has been lost in the translation? > Kevin. KD5ONS ______________________________________________________________ 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
