Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE
- CHAPTER I BIRTH AND PARENTAGE
- Note.—The Clerks of Penicuik and Maxwells of Middlebie
- CHAPTER II GLENLAIR—CHILDHOOD—1831-1841
- CHAPTER III BOYHOOD—1841-1844
- CHAPTER IV ADOLESCENCE—1844-1847
- Note.—Oval and Meloid
- CHAPTER V OPENING MANHOOD—1847-1850
- CHAPTER VI UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE—1850-1854
- CHAPTER VII BACHELOR-SCHOLAR AND FELLOW OF TRINITY—1854-1856
- CHAPTER VIII ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE—1853-1856
- CHAPTER IX DEATH OF HIS FATHER—PROFESSORSHIP AT ABERDEEN—1856-1857
- CHAPTER X ABERDEEN—MARRIAGE—1857-1860
- CHAPTER XI KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON—GLENLAIR—1860-1870
- CHAPTER XII CAMBRIDGE—1871-1879
- CHAPTER XIII ILLNESS AND DEATH—1879
- CHAPTER XIV LAST ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE
- PART II CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
- PART III POEMS
- INDEX
- Plate section
Note.—The Clerks of Penicuik and Maxwells of Middlebie
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE
- CHAPTER I BIRTH AND PARENTAGE
- Note.—The Clerks of Penicuik and Maxwells of Middlebie
- CHAPTER II GLENLAIR—CHILDHOOD—1831-1841
- CHAPTER III BOYHOOD—1841-1844
- CHAPTER IV ADOLESCENCE—1844-1847
- Note.—Oval and Meloid
- CHAPTER V OPENING MANHOOD—1847-1850
- CHAPTER VI UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE—1850-1854
- CHAPTER VII BACHELOR-SCHOLAR AND FELLOW OF TRINITY—1854-1856
- CHAPTER VIII ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE—1853-1856
- CHAPTER IX DEATH OF HIS FATHER—PROFESSORSHIP AT ABERDEEN—1856-1857
- CHAPTER X ABERDEEN—MARRIAGE—1857-1860
- CHAPTER XI KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON—GLENLAIR—1860-1870
- CHAPTER XII CAMBRIDGE—1871-1879
- CHAPTER XIII ILLNESS AND DEATH—1879
- CHAPTER XIV LAST ESSAYS AT CAMBRIDGE
- PART II CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
- PART III POEMS
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- The Life of James Clerk MaxwellWith a Selection from his Correspondence and Occasional Writings and a Sketch of his Contributions to Science, pp. 16 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1882