A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

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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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James Clerk Maxwell notableWork A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
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