A DYNAMICAL THEORY OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

2013 Reprint of 1865 Edition Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software One of the unquestioned triumphs of nineteenth century physics was Maxwells discovery of the equations for the electromagnetic field A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field is the third of James Clerk Maxwells papers regarding electromagnetism published in 1865 It is the paper in which the original set of four Maxwells equations first appeared The concept of displacement current which he had introduced in his 1861 paper On Physical Lines of Force was utilized for the first time to derive the electromagnetic wave equation