How right you are, Kevin! I went through part of the Principia with my physics professor as an independent study. Newton's version of calculus is nearly impossible to understand and I wonder how many "natural philosphers" in his day could read it. Of course try introducing diff equations to the uninitiated and see what happens!!
WR9H Herb > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > From: kev...@coho.net > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:07:05 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations. > > Reading the Principia is also a chore. Interesting though. > Kevin. > > > On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:03:29 -0800, Herb Case <herbc...@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > The amazing thing is he didn't have the electron! Everything he did was > > based on mechanical wave models until he reached radiation. That's where > > Maxwell's imagination AND understanding of the body of electrical > > knowledge lead to the more than twenty equations that made up his > > electromagnetic theory. > > His orginal equations can be found in his own words in the following: > > Maxwell on the Electromagnetic Field: A Guided Study > > Thomas K. Simpson > > Before warned that this is not an easy read!! It took me four attempts > > before I understood what Maxwell was saying and I have all the modern > > prereqs that are belived to be required to understand electromagnetic > > theory. It is worth the effort, though, as his thought process can be > > followed. > > Have fun!! > > > > Herb/WR9H > > herbc...@msn.com > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:57:45 -0600 > >> From: estept...@gmail.com > >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations. > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Alexey Kats <alexeyk...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > "how do you characterize a system with twenty unknowns in four > >> equations?" > >> > > >> > It's called generalization... > >> > > >> > ---------------- > >> Well, it's true that Maxwell had a tendency to generalize, but we > >> mustn't > >> condemn him: he had Demons we can't understand. > >> > >> Tony KT0NY > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
