James Maxwell - Revision history

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	[[File:PIA06540_Outer_C_Ring.jpg\|thumb\|View of the outer C Ring; the Maxwell Gap with the Maxwell Ringlet on its right side are above and right of center [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Maxwell_Gap_and_Ringlet].]]		[[File:PIA06540_Outer_C_Ring.jpg\|thumb\|View of the outer C Ring; the Maxwell Gap with the Maxwell Ringlet on its right side are above and right of center [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Maxwell_Gap_and_Ringlet].]]

	===~~ElectroMagnetism~~===		===Electromagnetism===

	In the 19th century, the connection between electricity and magnets was studied fervently by European scientists after the work of Hans Christian Oersted, Jean-Baptiste Biot and Félix Savart highlighted this connection. All of these scientists provided support for Maxwell's work, but [[Michael Faraday]] provided the most inspiration for Maxwell in his studies. However, Maxwell differed from Faraday in that he looked at the mathematical aspect of his research in addition to the physical aspects.		In the 19th century, the connection between electricity and magnets was studied fervently by European scientists after the work of Hans Christian Oersted, Jean-Baptiste Biot and Félix Savart highlighted this connection. All of these scientists provided support for Maxwell's work, but [[Michael Faraday]] provided the most inspiration for Maxwell in his studies. However, Maxwell differed from Faraday in that he looked at the mathematical aspect of his research in addition to the physical aspects.

	Maxwell's first step towards his electromagnetic theory was in his paper ''On Faraday's lines of force'' (1864), in which he proposed the idea of an incompressible fluid, the flow lines of which could represent the electric or magnetic field or current flow [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849]. Here he explained that, in the case of electric fields, sources of the flow lines were positive charges and sinks were negative charges. In his subsequent paper, Maxwell introduced the idea of vortices, small, elastic objects that occupy space and have a small mass. Using this idea, he was able to derive Ampère's circuital law and to provide an explanation of Faraday's law of induction. In his model, these vortices were able to move in a conductor, but not in a dielectric (insulator). However, in a dielectric, the vortices can shift slightly due to an electric field.		Maxwell's first step towards his electromagnetic theory was in his paper ''On Faraday's lines of force'' (1864), in which he proposed the idea of an incompressible fluid, the flow lines of which could represent the electric or magnetic field or current flow [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849]. Here he explained that, in the case of electric fields, sources of the flow lines were positive charges and sinks were negative charges. In his subsequent paper, Maxwell introduced the idea of vortices, small, elastic objects that occupy space and have a small mass. Using this idea, he was able to derive Ampère's circuital law and to provide an explanation of Faraday's law of induction. In his model, these vortices were able to move in a conductor, but not in a dielectric (insulator). However, in a dielectric, the vortices can shift slightly due to an electric field.

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	Maxwell's first step towards his electromagnetic theory was in his paper ''On Faraday's lines of force'' (1864), in which he proposed the idea of an incompressible fluid, the flow lines of which could represent the electric or magnetic field or current flow [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849]. Here he explained that, in the case of electric fields, sources of the flow lines were positive charges and sinks were negative charges. In his subsequent paper, Maxwell introduced the idea of vortices, small, elastic objects that occupy space and have a small mass. Using this idea, he was able to derive Ampère's circuital law and to provide an explanation of Faraday's law of induction. In his model, these vortices were able to move in a conductor, but not in a dielectric (insulator). However, in a dielectric, the vortices can shift slightly due to an electric field.		Maxwell's first step towards his electromagnetic theory was in his paper ''On Faraday's lines of force'' (1864), in which he proposed the idea of an incompressible fluid, the flow lines of which could represent the electric or magnetic field or current flow [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849]. Here he explained that, in the case of electric fields, sources of the flow lines were positive charges and sinks were negative charges. In his subsequent paper, Maxwell introduced the idea of vortices, small, elastic objects that occupy space and have a small mass. Using this idea, he was able to derive Ampère's circuital law and to provide an explanation of Faraday's law of induction. In his model, these vortices were able to move in a conductor, but not in a dielectric (insulator). However, in a dielectric, the vortices can shift slightly due to an electric field.


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References

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	5. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849		5. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849

	6. http://inthemindseyedyslexicrenaissance.blogspot.com/2009/08/thinking-in-pictures-einstein-and.html		7. http://inthemindseyedyslexicrenaissance.blogspot.com/2009/08/thinking-in-pictures-einstein-and.html

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References

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	==References==		==References==

	1. ~~http~~://~~www~~.~~clerkmaxwellfoundation~~.org/~~html~~/~~who_was_maxwell-.html~~		1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Maxwell_Gap_and_Ringlet

	2. http://www.~~biography~~.~~com~~/~~people~~/~~james~~-~~c-maxwell-9403463#saturns-rings~~		2. http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/who_was_maxwell-.html

	3. http://~~rsta~~.~~royalsocietypublishing~~.~~org~~/~~content~~/~~366/1871/1717~~		3. http://www.biography.com/people/james-c-maxwell-9403463#saturns-rings

	4. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/~~1849~~		4. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1717

	5. http://inthemindseyedyslexicrenaissance.blogspot.com/2009/08/thinking-in-pictures-einstein-and.html		5. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1849

			6. http://inthemindseyedyslexicrenaissance.blogspot.com/2009/08/thinking-in-pictures-einstein-and.html

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Saturn's Ring

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	While working at Marischal College, Maxwell studied the rings of Saturn closely. He came to the conclusion that the planet's rings were comprised of small particles orbiting Saturn, as a solid ring would be unstable and break up [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1717]. This contradicted the accepted idea proposed by Christian Huygens in 1655 (but it did validate the claim in 1660 by poet and friend of Huygens, Jean Chapelain, that Saturn's rings are made of small satellites, a widely denounced claim). A gap in the outer part of Saturn's C ring is named after Maxwell.		While working at Marischal College, Maxwell studied the rings of Saturn closely. He came to the conclusion that the planet's rings were comprised of small particles orbiting Saturn, as a solid ring would be unstable and break up [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1717]. This contradicted the accepted idea proposed by Christian Huygens in 1655 (but it did validate the claim in 1660 by poet and friend of Huygens, Jean Chapelain, that Saturn's rings are made of small satellites, a widely denounced claim). A gap in the outer part of Saturn's C ring is named after Maxwell.

	[[File:PIA06540_Outer_C_Ring.jpg\|View of the outer C Ring; the Maxwell Gap with the Maxwell Ringlet on its right side are above and right of center [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Maxwell_Gap_and_Ringlet].]]		[[File:PIA06540_Outer_C_Ring.jpg\|thumb\|View of the outer C Ring; the Maxwell Gap with the Maxwell Ringlet on its right side are above and right of center [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Maxwell_Gap_and_Ringlet].]]

	===ElectroMagnetism===		===ElectroMagnetism===

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	While working at Marischal College, Maxwell studied the rings of Saturn closely. He came to the conclusion that the planet's rings were comprised of small particles orbiting Saturn, as a solid ring would be unstable and break up [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1717]. This contradicted the accepted idea proposed by Christian Huygens in 1655 (but it did validate the claim in 1660 by poet and friend of Huygens, Jean Chapelain, that Saturn's rings are made of small satellites, a widely denounced claim). A gap in the outer part of Saturn's C ring is named after Maxwell.		While working at Marischal College, Maxwell studied the rings of Saturn closely. He came to the conclusion that the planet's rings were comprised of small particles orbiting Saturn, as a solid ring would be unstable and break up [http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1871/1717]. This contradicted the accepted idea proposed by Christian Huygens in 1655 (but it did validate the claim in 1660 by poet and friend of Huygens, Jean Chapelain, that Saturn's rings are made of small satellites, a widely denounced claim). A gap in the outer part of Saturn's C ring is named after Maxwell.

			[[File:PIA06540_Outer_C_Ring.jpg\|View of the outer C Ring; the Maxwell Gap with the Maxwell Ringlet on its right side are above and right of center [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#Maxwell_Gap_and_Ringlet].]]

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	Living from June 13th, 1831 to November 5th, 1879, James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish scientist who studied mathematical physics. Maxwell is widely acclaimed as "the father of modern physics"[http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/who_was_maxwell-.html]		Living from June 13th, 1831 to November 5th, 1879, James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish scientist who studied mathematical physics. Maxwell is widely acclaimed as "the father of modern physics"[http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/who_was_maxwell-.html]

			[[File:James_Clerk_Maxwell.png\|thumb\|James Clerk Maxwell.]]

	==Personal Life==		==Personal Life==

	~~[[File:James_Clerk_Maxwell.png\|thumb\|James Clerk Maxwell.]]~~

	===Life and Education===		===Life and Education===

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	[[~~File:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell#/media/~~File:James_Clerk_Maxwell.png\|thumb\|James Clerk Maxwell.]]		[[File:James_Clerk_Maxwell.png\|thumb\|James Clerk Maxwell.]]

	===Life and Education===		===Life and Education===

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	[[~~Media~~:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell#/media/File:James_Clerk_Maxwell.png]]		[[File:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell#/media/File:James_Clerk_Maxwell.png\|thumb\|James Clerk Maxwell.]]

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