Enough with the Maxwell Equations.... What in the world does this represent to the average K3 user? . On Mar 10, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote:
> Hi Kevin, > > What was asserted in "The Maxwellians" was that Maxwell died in the > middle of a rewrite. It did sound like there was a controversy on his > particle (or little eddies?) form of the equations for a field approach. > Perhaps that new version would have dropped the use of quaternions? > Have not studied the equations since college, perhaps will go find the > papers after I finish this history book. Thanks for the tip on locating > the older forms. > > 73, tom n4zpt > > On 3/10/2011 1:46 AM, Kevin Rock wrote: >> There was a group which disliked his use of quaternions so he was forced >> to rewrite the system into other systems. Most of the work was carried >> out by others but for him to publish he needed peer review so he caved >> into the larger group. I am reading his original work from 1873 and >> finding it very enlightening. Even though I have studied the >> Heaviside-Gibb's version of the Maxwell equations many times the >> quaternions he used in the original paper were very hard to find. Luckily >> they are proliferating online these days. >> Kevin. KD5ONS >> >> >> On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:31:18 -0800, David Cutter<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 JIM ROGERS, W4ATK [email protected] http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk K3/100 P3 K2/10 ______________________________________________________________ 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
