Light described as an electromagnetic phenomenon by Maxwell

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.3: Scottish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), J. Derrick McClure (University of Aberdeen)

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Electricity & Magnetism
Theory of Light

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Date of occurrence 1873

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Scotland (Location)

The Scottish theoretical physicist James Clerk Maxwell did his most important work on the relationship between light, electricity and magnetism. He brought together observations on these three phenomena, which had previously been considered disparate, to produce a set of twenty equations formalising the relationship between these. Although these were first formulated eight years earlier, 1873 saw the publication of a full-scale textbook, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Light described as an electromagnetic phenomenon by Maxwell". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 August 2013 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=6341, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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