I don't recall that from his biography, I'll have to read it again. Interesting.
David G3UNA > 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
