Table des matières |
1. | Introduction | 1 |
pt. I | The Electrostatics of Maxwell | |
2. | The Fundamental Properties of Dielectrics. The Doctrines of Faraday and Mossotti | 13 |
2.1. | The Theory of Magnetization by Induction, Precursor to the Theory of Dielectrics | 13 |
2.2. | The Polarization of Dielectrics | 18 |
2.3. | Key Propositions of the Theory of Dielectrics | 23 |
2.4. | The Particular Idea of Faraday | 29 |
3. | The First Electrostatics of Maxwell | 35 |
3.1. | Reminder of the Theory of Heat Conductivity | 35 |
3.2. | Theory of Dielectric Media, Constructed by Analogy with the Theory of the Conduction of Heat | 37 |
3.3. | Discussion of the First Electrostatics of Maxwell | 40 |
4. | The Second Electrostatics of Maxwell | 43 |
4.1. | The Hypothesis of Electrical Cells | 43 |
4.2. | The Preceding Principles in the Later Writings of Maxwell | 46 |
4.3. | The Equation of Free Electricity | 48 |
4.4. | The Second Electrostatics of Maxwell is Illusory | 50 |
4.5. | Determination of the Electrostatic Energy | 54 |
4.6. | On the Forces Exerted Between Two Small Charged Bodies | 57 |
4.7. | On the Capacitance of a Capacitor | 62 |
5. | The Third Electrostatics of Maxwell | 65 |
5.1. | Essential Difference Between the Second and the Third Electrostatics of Maxwell | 65 |
5.2. | Development of the Third Electrostatics of Maxwell | 75 |
5.3. | A Return to the First Electrostatics of Maxwell | 77 |
pt. II | The Electrodynamics of Maxwell | |
6. | Conduction Current and Displacement Current | 81 |
6.1. | On Conduction Current | 81 |
6.2. | On the Displacement Current | 83 |
6.3. | In Maxwell's Theory, Is the Total Current a Uniform Current? | 85 |
6.4. | Return to the Third Maxwell Electrostatics. To What Extent it Can Agree with Classical Electrostatics | 93 |
7. | The Six Equations of Maxwell and Electromagnetic Energy | 101 |
7.1. | The Three Relations Between the Components of the Electric Field and the Components of the Current | 101 |
7.2. | The Electrotonic State and the Magnetic Potential in the Memoir: On Faraday's Lines of Force | 105 |
7.3. | Review of the Previous Theory | 110 |
7.4. | The Electrotonic State and the Electromagnetic Energy in the Memoir: On Physical Lines of Force | 114 |
7.5. | The Electrotonic State and Electromagnetic Energy in the Memoir: A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field | 123 |
7.6. | The Theory of Magnetism in the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism | 131 |
7.7. | The Theory of Electromagnetism in the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism | 135 |
8. | The Electromagnetic Theory of Light | 141 |
8.1. | The Speed of Light and the Propagation of Electrical Actions: The Research of W. Weber and G. Kirchhoff | 141 |
8.2. | The Speed of Light and the Propagation of Electrical Actions: The Research of B. Riemann, C. Neumann, and L. Lorenz | 146 |
8.3. | The Fundamental Hypothesis of Maxwell---Electrodynamic Polarization of Dielectrics | 154 |
8.4. | First Draft of the Electromagnetic Theory of Light of Maxwell | 159 |
8.5. | Final Form of the Electromagnetic Theory of Light of Maxwell | 163 |
9. | Conclusion | 171 |
| References | 175 |
| Index | 179 |