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James Clerk Maxwell, 'An Elementary Treatise on Electricity' (Oxford, 1881), posthumous ed. William Garnett, 1849-1879 (Circa, SLP 632)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/IV/4

Scope and Contents

The published text omits the last 28 ff. (of the 245 ff. from the draft), which consist of material on 'the resistance of a battery' and some sheets of rough notes and calculations. 5 ff. of this omitted portion, dealing with a method of measuring resistance, have since been printed by I.B. Hopley, 'Maxwell's work on electrical resistance III', 'Annals of Science' 15 (1959), 51-55.

Dates

  • Creation: 1849-1879 (Circa, SLP 632)

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RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue

Language of Materials

English

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