A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

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physics treatise scientific book

A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is James Clerk Maxwell’s foundational 19th-century work that systematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism, including the famous Maxwell’s equations.

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instanceOf physics treatise ⓘ
scientific book ⓘ
author James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
classification 19th-century non-fiction book ⓘ
considered foundational work in theoretical physics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describes displacement current ⓘ
speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum ⓘ
editorOfSecondEdition William Davidson Niven ⓘ
editorOfThirdEdition Joseph Larmor ⓘ
field classical physics ⓘ
electromagnetism ⓘ
followedBy later textbook expositions of Maxwell’s theory ⓘ
formulates Maxwell's equations ⓘ
surface form: Maxwell’s equations
hasAbbreviation A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maxwell’s Treatise
hasEdition second edition ⓘ
third edition ⓘ
hasImpactOn electrical engineering ⓘ
optics ⓘ
radio technology ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influenced classical electromagnetism ⓘ
modern physics ⓘ
theory of relativity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor introduction of Maxwell’s equations in near-final form ⓘ
prediction of electromagnetic waves ⓘ
systematic formulation of classical electromagnetism ⓘ
unification of electricity and magnetism ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
placeOfPublication Oxford ⓘ
precededBy earlier papers by James Clerk Maxwell on electromagnetism ⓘ
publicationYear 1873 ⓘ
publicationYearOfSecondEdition 1881 ⓘ
publicationYearOfThirdEdition 1891 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
surface form: Clarendon Press
relates speed of light to electromagnetic constants ⓘ
topic conduction of electricity ⓘ
dielectrics ⓘ
electric fields ⓘ
electromagnetic induction ⓘ
electromagnetic waves ⓘ
magnetic fields ⓘ
magnetization ⓘ
usesMathematicalTool vector calculus (in proto-form) ⓘ

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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism → hasAbbreviation → A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maxwell’s Treatise
A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field → precedes → A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism