Item K/PP71/3 - Notebook, 1867-1873, including notes on experiments and mechanical and geometrical problems

Manuscript notebook comprising timetables of meetings and events, 1868; commonplaces collected by James Clerk Maxwell abstracted from scientific authorities including the works of Arthur Cayley, 1821-1895, Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Cambridge, Franz Ernst Neumann, 1798-1895, Professor of Minerology and Physics, University of Königsberg, and Siméon Denis Poisson, 1781-1840, Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Faculté des Sciences, describing a number of experiments principally concerning induced currents, magnetizing potential, zonal harmonies and capillary action, with equations; outline of the contents of Maxwell's Treatise on electricity and magnetism (1873), with sketches of electrical diagrams; series of 38 mechanical and geometric problems mainly concerning the forces acting upon ellipsoids; the revolution of spheres about a fixed point and the stresses, tensions and interactions between other solid bodies in dynamic relationships; the refraction of light and specific heat and density. 1 volume