James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell



* 13. Juni 1831 in Edinburgh
† 5. November 1879 in Cambridge
schottischer Physiker

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Theorie der Wärme. Nach der vierten Auflage des Originals in’s Deutsche übertragen von Dr. F. Auerbach. Breslau: Maruschke & Berendt, 1877 MDZ München, MDZ München
→ Theory of Heat

Theorie der Wärme. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Übersetzt nach der vierten Auflage des Originals von Dr. F. Neesen. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1878 ThULB Jena
→ Theory of Heat

Substanz und Bewegung. Ins Deutsche übersetzt von Dr. Ernst v. Fleischl. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1879 SB Berlin; (2. Abdruck) 1881 DMGLIB, University of Chicago
→ Matter and Motion

Die Elektrizität in elementarer Behandlung. Herausgegeben von William Garnett. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Dr. L. Graetz. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1883 [fehlt Hilf mit!]
→ An Elementary Treatise on Electricity

Lehrbuch der Electricität und des Magnetismus. Autorisirte deutsche Uebersetzung von Dr. B. Weinstein. 2 Bände. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1883 ULB Innsbruck
- 1. Band ThULB Jena, Harvard-USA * = Internet Archive
- 2. Band ThULB Jena, Harvard-USA * = Internet Archive
→ A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

Ueber Faraday’s Kraftlinien (= Ostwalds Klassiker, 69). Herausgegeben von L. Boltzmann. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1895
→ On Faraday’s Lines of Force

Ueber physikalische Kraftlinien (= Ostwalds Klassiker, 102). Herausgegeben von Ludwig Boltzmann. 1898
→ On Physical Lines of Force (Scientific Papers I)

Originale

On the Stability of the Motion of Saturn’s Rings. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1859 Internet Archive, Internet Archive

Theory of Heat. 1871
- New York: Appleton and Co., 1872 Internet Archive,
- 2nd edition. London: Longmans, Greenn and Co., 1872 Google
- 4th editon. London 1876
- 5th edition. London 1877 Google
- 10th edition. With corrections and additions by Lord Rayleigh. London 1891 Internet Archive; 1899 Internet Archive; 1902 Internet Archive, Internet Archive; 1904 Internet Archive

A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1873
- 1. Band Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive
- 2. Band Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive
- 2nd edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881
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- 3rd edition. Oxford 1892
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- 3rd edition [altered]. New York: Dover Publications, 1954
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Matter and Motion. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1876 New York
- Reprinted from Van Nostrand’s Magazine, New York 1878 Google
- London 1894 Internet Archive
- Reprinted with notes and appendices by Joseph Larmor. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1920 Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive

An Elementary Treatise on Electricity. Edited by William Garnett. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881 Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive
- 2nd edition. Oxford 1888 Internet Archive, Internet Archive

The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. Edited by W. D. Niven. Cambridge: University Press, 1890
- 1. Band MPIWG, Biodiversity Heritage Library = Internet Archive, Internet Archive; (Reprint) New York 1965 Internet Archive
- 2. Band MPIWG, Biodiversity Heritage Library = Internet Archive

Veröffentlichungen in Periodika

The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal

On a particular case of the descent of a heavy body in a resisting medium. In: Bd. 9 (1854), S. 145 GDZ Göttingen

Journal of the Chemical Society

On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies. In: Bd. 28 (1876), S. 493

Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers

Lightning Conductors. In: Bd. 4 (1875), S. 429 Illinois

Nature

On Loschmidt’s Experiments on Diffusion in relation to the Kinetic Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 8 (1873), S. 298 MDZ München
Theory of Electrical Induction. In: Bd. 14 (1876), S. 27 MDZ München
On Stresses in Rarefied Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. In: Bd. 18 (1875), S. 54 MDZ München
The Rede Lecture (The Telephone). In: Bd. 18 (1875), S. 159 MDZ München

Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

On Colour Vision. In: Bd. 6 (1872), S. 260 Michigan
On Action at a Distance. In: Bd. 7 (1875), S. 44 Michigan

Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

Account of Experiments on the Perception of Colour. In: Ser. 4, Bd. 14 (1857), S. 40 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases.
- Part I. On the Motion and Collisions of Perfectly Elastic Spheres. In: Bd. 19 (1860), S. 19 Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Part II. On the Process of Diffusion of two or more kinds of moving particles among one another. In: Bd. 20 (1860), S. 21 Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Part III. On the Collision of Perfectly Elastic Bodies of any Form. In: Bd. 20 (1860), S. 33 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Physical Lines of Force.
- Part I. The Theory of Molecular Vortices applied to Magnetic Phenomena. In: Bd. 21 (1861), S. 161 Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Part II. The Theory of Molecular Vortices applied to Electric Currents. In: Bd. 21 (1861), S. 338 Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Part III. The Theory of Molecular Vortices applied to Statical Electricity. In: Bd. 23 (1862), S. 12 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Reciprocal Figures and Diagrams of Forces. In: Bd. 27 (1864), S. 250 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Calculation of the Equilibrium and Stiffness of Frames. In: Bd. 27 (1864), S. 294 Biodiversity Heritage Library
(mit Fleeming Jenkin) On the Elementary Relations between Electrical Measurements. In: Bd. 29 (1865), S. 436 Biodiversity Heritage Library; S. 507 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 35 (1868), S. 129 Biodiversity Heritage Library; S. 185 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Mr. Grove’s “Experiment in Magneto-electric Induction”. In: Bd. 35 (1868), S. 360 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Hills and Dales. In: Bd. 40 (1870), S. 421 Biodiversity Heritage Library
A Discourse on Molecules. In: Bd. 46 (1873), S. 453 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of the Colours of the Spectrum. In: Bd. 150 (1860), S. 57 Biodiversity Heritage Library
A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. In: Bd. 155 (1865), S. 459 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. In: Bd. 156 (1866), S. 249 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 157 (1867), S. 49 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Influence of the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies on the Index of Refraction of Light. In: Bd. 158 (1868), S. 532 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Method of making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force; with a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. In: Bd. 158 (1868), S. 643 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. In: Bd. 170-1 (1880), S. 231 Biodiversity Heritage Library; Appendix S. 249 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

On Faraday’s Lines of Force. In: Bd. 1 (1866), S. 160, 163 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Elementary Theory of Optical Instruments. In: Bd. 1 (1866), S. 173 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Solution of Electrical Problems by the Transformation of Conjugate Functions. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 242 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Proof of the Equations of Motion of a connected system. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 292 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Problem in the Calculus of Variations in which the solution is discontinuous. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 294 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Relation of Geometrical Optics to other parts of Mathematics and Physics. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 338 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Centre of Motion of the Eye. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 365 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Bow’s method of drawing diagramms in graphical statics, with illustrations from Peaucellier’s linkage. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 407 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 427 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Paradox in the Theory of Attraction. In: Bd. 3 (1880), S. 34 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Approximate Multiple Integration between Limits by Summation. In: Bd. 3 (1880), S. 39 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the unpublished electical papers of the Hon. Henry Cavendish. In: Bd. 3 (1880), S. 86 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

The Construction of Stereograms of Surfaces. In: Bd. 2 (1869), S. 57 Iowa
On Reciprocal Diagrams in Space, and their relation to Airy’s Function of Stress. In: Bd. 2 (1869), S. 58 Iowa
Remarks on the preceding Paper (G. O. Hanlon: The Vena Contracta). In: Bd. 3 (1871), S. 6 California
On the Displacement in a Case of Fluid Motion. In: Bd. 3 (1871), S. 82 California
Remarks on the Mathematical Classification of Physical Quantities. In: Bd. 3 (1871), S. 224 California
On the Condition that, in the Transformation of any Figure by Curvilinear Coordinates in Three Dimensions, every Angle in the new Figure shall be equal to the corresponding Angle in the original Figure. In: Bd. 4 (1873), S. 117 California
On the Theory of a System of Electrified Conductors, and other Physical Theories involving Homogeneous Quadratic Functions. In: Bd. 4 (1873), S. 334 California
On the Focal Lines of a Refracted Pencil. In: Bd. 4 (1873), S. 337 California
On the Application of Hamilton’s Characteristic Function to the Theory of an Optical Instrument symmetrical about its axis. In: Bd. 6 (1875), S. 117 Michigan
On Hamilton’s Characteristic Function for a Narrow Beam of Light. In: Bd. 6 (1875), S. 182 Michigan
On the Electrical Capacity of a long narrow Cylinder, and of a Disk of sensible Thickness. In: Bd. 9 (1878), S. 94 Harvard

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

On the Description of Oval Curves, and those having a plurality of Foci [1846, mitgeteilt von J. D. Forbes]. In: Bd. 2 (1851), S. 89 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Theories of the Constitution of Saturn’s Rings. In: Bd. 4 (1862), S. 99 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the best Arrangement for producing a Pure Spectrum on a Screen. In: Bd. 6 (1869), S. 238 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Reciprocal Figures, Frames, and Diagrams of Forces. In: Bd. 7 (1872), S. 53 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Bow seen on the Surface of Ice. In: Bd. 7 (1872), S. 69 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. In: Bd. 15 (1867), S. 14 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 15 (1867), S. 167 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Theory of the Maintenance of Electric Currents by Mechanical Work without the use of Permanent Magnets. In: Bd. 15 (1867), S. 397 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Governors. In: Bd. 16 (1868), S. 270 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Induction of Electric Currents in an Infinite Plane Sheet of uniform conductivity. In: Bd. 20 (1872), S. 160 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Double Refraction in a Viscous Fluid in motion. In: Bd. 22 (1873–1874), S. 46 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Possible Mode of Detecting a Motion of the Solar System through the Luminiferous Ether [postum, mitgeteilt von G. G. Stokes]. In: Bd. 30 (1879–1880), S. 108 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics

On the General Laws of Optical Instruments. In: Bd. 2 (1858), S. 233 Google
On the Equilibrium of a Spherical Envelope. In: Bd. 8 (1867), S. 325 Google
On the Cyclide. In: Bd. 9 (1868), S. 111 Google

Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

On the Unequal Sensibility of the Foramen Centrale to Light of different Colours. In: Jg. 1856, S. 12 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Method of Drawing the Theoretical Forms of Faraday’s Lines of Force without Calculation. In: Jg. 1856, S. 12 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Theory of Compound Colours with reference to Mixtures of Blue and Yellow Light. In: Jg. 1856, S. 12 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On an Instrument to illustrate Poinsôt’s Theory of Rotation. In: Jg. 1856, S. 27 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Jg. 1859, S. 9 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Mixture of the Colours of the Spectrum. In: Jg. 1859, S. 15 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On an Instrument for exhibiting the Motions of Saturn’s Rings. In: Jg. 1859, S. 62 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Experiments on the Value of v, the Ratio of the Electromagnetic to the Electrostatic Unit of Electricity. In: Jg. 1869, S. 434 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Address (Mathematics and Physics Section). In: Jg. 1870, S. 1 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Hills and Dales. In: Jg. 1870, S. 17 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Colour-vision at different points of the Retina. In: Jg. 1870, S. 40 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Final State of a System of Molecules in Motion subject to Forces of any kind. In: Jg. 1873, S. 29 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Relation of Geometrical Optics to other Branches of Mathematics and Physics. In: Jg. 1873, S. 39 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Application of Kirchhoff’s Rules for Electric Circuits to the Solution of a Geometrical Problem. In: Jg. 1874, S. 18 Biodiversity Heritage Library
(mit J. D. Everett und A. Schuster) Report of the Committee … for testing experimentally Ohm’s Law. In: Jg. 1876, S. 36 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Protection of Buildings from Lightning. In: Jg. 1876, S. 43 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

On the Transformation of Surfaces by Bending. In: Bd. 9 (1856), S. 445 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Faraday’s Lines of Force. In: Bd. 10 (1864), S. 27 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Boltzmann’s Theorem on the average distribution of energy in a system of material points. In: Bd. 12 (1879), S. 547 Biodiversity Heritage Library

Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts

On the Theory of Colours in relation to Colour-Blindness. In: Bd. 4 (1856), S. 394 Michigan
Description of a New Form of the Platometer, an Instrument for measuring the Areas of Plane Figures drawn on Paper. In: Bd. 4 (1856), S. 420 Michigan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

On the Theory of Rolling Curves. In: Bd. 16 (1849), S. 519 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Equilibrium of Elastic Solids. In: Bd. 20 (1853), S. 87 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Experiments on Colour, as perceived by the Eye, with remarks on Colour-Blindness. In: Bd. 21 (1857), S. 275 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On a Dynamical Top, for exhibiting the phenomena of the motion of a system of invariable form about a fixed point, with some suggestions as to the Earth’s motion. In: Bd. 21 (1857), S. 559 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On Reciprocal Figures, Frames, and Diagrams of Forces. In: Bd. 26 (1872), S. 1 Biodiversity Heritage Library
Addition to the above Paper (Francis Deas: On Spectra formed by the passage of Polarised Light through Double Refracting Crystals). In: Bd. 26 (1872), S. 185 Biodiversity Heritage Library
On the Geometrical Mean Distance of Two Figures on a Plane. In: Bd. 26 (1872), S. 729 Biodiversity Heritage Library

In deutscher Übersetzung:

Annalen der Physik

Farbiger Bogen auf einer Eisfläche. In: Annalen der Physik. Ergänzungsband V, Joh. Ambr. Barth, Leipzig 1871, S. 656 Quellen
Ueber Doppelbrechung in einer bewegten zähen Flüssigkeit. In: Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Band 227, Joh. Ambr. Barth, Leipzig 1874, S. 151 Quellen

Herausgeber

Henry Cavendish: The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. Edited from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. Cambridge: University Press, 1879 Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive; (Reprint) London: Frank Cass, 1967 Internet Archive
- Revised by Joseph Larmor (= The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, 1). Cambridge 1921 Internet Archive

Sekundärliteratur

L. Campbell / W. Garnett: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell : With a selection from his correspondence and occasional writings and a sketch of his contributions to science. London: Macmillan and Co., 1882 Internet Archive, Internet Archive
- New edition, abridged and revised. London 1884 Internet Archive

Maxwell. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4. Auflage. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1885–1890, Band 11 (1888), Seite 374

R. T. Glazebrook: James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1896 Internet Archive, Internet Archive, Internet Archive

J. C. Poggendorff: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften, Band 3. Leipzig 1898, S. 889–890 Internet Archive

Weblinks

James Clerk Maxwell Foundation