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''The Maxwellians'' is a book by Bruce J. Hunt, published in 1991 by Cornell University Press. It chronicles the development of electromagnetic theory in the years after the publication of A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell. The book reveals letters and publications, particularly by George Francis Fitzgerald, Oliver Lodge, and Oliver Heaviside. ==Contents== The book has nine chapters; some chapter sections have titles as follows: ;FitzGerald and Maxwell’s Theory :FitzGerald and the Dublin School, Maxwell’s Theory, Reflection and Refraction, FitzGerald’s Accomplishment. ;FitzGerald, Lodge, and Electromagnetic Waves :Oliver Lodge, Maxwell and Electromagnetic Waves, Lodge and Electromagnetic Light, FitzGerald and the Impossibility, Undetected Waves. ;Heaviside the Telegrapher :Oliver Heaviside, Cable Empire, Newcastle, Cables and Field Theory, Heaviside on Propagation. ;Ether Models and the Vortex Sponge :Models, Wheels and Bands, Charging Displacement, We Find Ourselves in a Factory, Vortex Sponge, Mathematical Machinery. ;Maxwell Redressed :Energy Paths, Model Research, When Electricity Goes from Place to Place, Heaviside’s Equations. ;Waves on Wires :Beams of Dark Light, Loading and the Distortionless Circuit, Suppression, Campaigning for Recognition, Lightning. ;Bath, 1888 :Hertz’s Waves, Reception, Murder of Ψ, Hertz Electromagnetic Wave Announced, Practice vs Theory. ;The Maxwellian Heyday :Origins of the FitzGerald Contraction, What is Maxwell’s Theory ? ;The Advent of the Electron :Joseph Larmor and the Rotational Ether, Inventing Electrons, Larmor’s Force, Assimilating Electrons, Conclusion. ;Epilogue: FitzGerald’s Death, Age 49, February 22, 1901. ;Appendix: From Maxwell’s Equations to Maxwell's Equations. ;Abbreviations, Bibliography (10 pages), Index (6 pages). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Maxwellians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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