. Practical physics. ¥ 111. Absorp-tion of ammoniagas by charcoal. James (1831-1879) One of the greatest of mathemati-cal physicists ; horu in Edinburgh,Scotland; professor of naturalphilosophy at Marischal College,Aberdeen, in 1856, of physics andastronomy in Kings College, Lon-don, in 18G0, and of experimentalphysics in Cambridge Universityfrom ISTl to 1879 ; one of the mostprominent figures in the develop-ment of the kinetic theory ofgases and the mechanical theoryof heat; author of the electro-magnetic theory of light — a the-ory which has become the basis ofnearly all mo

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. Practical physics. ¥ 111. Absorp-tion of ammoniagas by charcoal. James (1831-1879) One of the greatest of mathemati-cal physicists ; horu in Edinburgh,Scotland; professor of naturalphilosophy at Marischal College,Aberdeen, in 1856, of physics andastronomy in Kings College, Lon-don, in 18G0, and of experimentalphysics in Cambridge Universityfrom ISTl to 1879 ; one of the mostprominent figures in the develop-ment of the kinetic theory ofgases and the mechanical theoryof heat; author of the electro-magnetic theory of light — a the-ory which has become the basis ofnearly all modern theoretical workin electricity and optics (see p. 426)

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