Lines of Force and Equipotential Surfaces, 1873
Entitled: "Lines of force and equipotential surfaces" showing lines of force of three bodies of unequal size, each forming a distinct system in ether of outer space. Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is a 2 volume treatise on electromagnetism written by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873. Maxwell introduced the use of vector fields, and his labels have been perpetuated: A (vector potential), B (magnetic induction), C (electric current), D (displacement), E (electric field - Maxwell's electromotive intensity), F (mechanical force), H (magnetic field - Maxwell's magnetic force). James Clerk Maxwell (June 13, 1831 - November 5, 1879) was a Scottish physicist. His major work was on light and electromagnetic waves. He showed that oscillating charges produced waves in an electromagnetic field, and that these waves had the same velocity as light. This led him to predict other forms of electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves.
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