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Aberdeen, application for professorship
at, pp. 247, 250.
Maxwell’s appointment as professor,
256.
commencement of work, 257.
prepares inaugural lecture, 263.
work ends by amalgamation of the
colleges, 278.
Adams, discovery of Neptune, 85; prize
(see Saturn’s rings).
W. G., successor to Maxwell at
King’s College, 344.
letter to, 384.
Ampère’s formula, 330, 331.
electrical investigations, 523, 525.
Analogies, the subject of an essay at
Cambridge, 235.
Andrews, conversion of energy in
chemistry, 335.
Apioid, delineation of, 87, 88, 98-104.
Arago, 525.
Archery in the Happy Valley, a subject
of youthful verse, 64.
Arthur’s Seat, glacier markings on rocks
of, a novel subject of interest (in
1846), 73.
employed by Professor Forbes to
show his class mode of barometric
observation, 116, 130.
Artisan students, class at Aberdeen,
283, 291, 292.
Atoms, article on, by Maxwell, for
Encyclopœdia Britannica, 390, 561.
Autobiography, the subject of an essay
at Cambridge, 244.
Bakerian Lecture (1866) on viscosity of
gases, 325.
Basket-making, an amusement in
childhood--sketch by J. W., 31.
Beauty, subject of essay at Cambridge,
231.
Bell, Professor Graham (telephone), 361,
363.
Benson’s Manual of Colour, 346, 379.
Berkeley’s Theory of Vision,
Maxwell’s-study of, 198, 207.
Bernoulli, allusion to his account of
cycloidal oscillations, 226.
his theory of gases, 314, 332.
place in history of dynamics, 398,
560.
Biography, thoughts about, 244.
Birmingham, visit to, proposed by J. C.
M.’s father, 7 note, 185.
and carried out, 168.
Blackburn (Mrs. Hugh, née Jemima
Wedderburn), her portrait of
J. C. M., 11.
a frequent visitor at Glenlair, in
J. C. M.’s early days, 36.
her pictorial genius, 36.
her sketches of family groups, 5,
30, 31, 38, 40, 42, 46, 62.
occupations at “Old 31,” 52.
a picture of hers described by J. C.
M., 270.
Professor Hugh, his advice as to
Maxwell’s going to Cambridge,
131 note, 132.
and in choice of a college there,
146.
Boltzmann, 569.
Boole’s mathematical analysis of logic,
113, 378.
Brewster, Sir David, his demonstrations
with Wheatstone’s stereoscope,
125.
Maxwell’s youthful debate with
him at British Association, 144.
at British Association (1855), 203,
215, 216.
British Association, Maxwell’s youthful
appearance disputing a point
with Sir David Brewster, 144.
Maxwell present at meeting of (in
1855), 203.
meeting at Oxford (in 1860), 314.
committee on electrical standards,
316, 343.
British Association--
meeting at Liverpool (1870), Maxwell
president of Section A
(Mathematics and Physics), 326.
apparatus for committee on electrical
standards deposited in Cavendish
Laboratory, 353.
Bradford (1873), Maxwell’s discourse
on molecules, 358.
committee for verifying Ohm’s law,
365.
meeting at Belfast (1874), last attended
by Maxwell, 372.
his paraphrase of the President’s
address, 373.
Buckle’s History of Civilisation, first
impression of, 295.
allusion to, 458.
Butler, Rev. H., D.D., Head Master of
Harrow School, a friend of Maxwell
at college, 168.
his reminiscences of Maxwell, 422.
Cambridge, causes of delay in decision
as to entering university, 130.
choice of a college, 146.
Peterhouse fixed upon in first
instance, 146.
migration to Trinity in second term,
147.
mathematical examinations 1854,
Maxwell second wrangler, and he
and Routh bracketed Smith’s
Prizemen, 176.
Maxwell elected Fellow of Trinity,
204.
essays for meetings of society at,
223-246, also 434-463.
influence as examiner at, 325, 357.
chair of experimental physics
founded 1871, 348.
Maxwell’s inaugural lecture in this
chair, 354.
his work as professor, 364.
Carmichael, A. N., J. C. M.’s master in
Greek and Latin at Edinburgh
Academy, 50.
Cartesian space equations, 380.
Cavendish, Hon. Henry, F.R.S., his
electrical researches collected and
edited by Maxwell, 374, 375,
514, 555.
reference to this work in a letter
of Maxwell to W. Garnett, 389.
Laboratory (Cambridge), Maxwell’s
hereditary genius shown in planning,
9.
Maxwell’s arrangements in its
design and erection, 325,
350, 353.
Cavendish Laboratory, Maxwell’s letter
to the Vice-Chancellor on the subject,
352.
Cay, Charles Hope, a cousin of J. C. M.,
his visit to Glenlair, 312.
his correspondence with Maxwell,
324, 337, 341, 343.
Miss Jane, maternal aunt of J. C.
M., 13.
letter to her from J. C. M.’s
parents in early days, 27.
letter from J. C. M. (Æt. 8½),
33.
influence of her tastes and
occupations, 36.
her interest in J. C. M.’s education,
and letters to him as
a boy, 41, 44.
her care in J. C. M.’s religious
education, 55.
J. C. M. domiciled with her in
1844, 67.
Maxwell’s correspondence with
her, 169, 180, 184, 186,
193, 195, 208, 253, 281.
John (Sheriff of Linlithgow), maternal
uncle of J. C. M., 7.
companion of Maxwell senior,
at meetings of Edinburgh
Royal Society, 8, 13.
his scientific occupations a
source of interest to J. C.
M., 67.
accompanies J. C. M. in visiting
Mr. Nicol (inventor of
polariscope), 84.
a friend of Sir W. Hamilton,
108.
sends J. C. M. a “Nicol’s
prism,” 123.
R. D., maternal uncle of J. C. M.,
13.
his letter to Miss Cay after
death of Mr. John C. Maxwell,
254.
R. H., Esq., of N. Charlton, maternal
grand-father of J. C. M.,
2, 22.
mention of him in Lockhart s
Life of Scott, 13.
William Dyce (cousin of J. C. M.)
his letter describing meeting
of British Association
(1855), 215.
employed by J. C. M. to build
a bridge over the Urr, 323.
his recollections of Maxwell,
324.
Charlton, N., Northumberland, home of
J. C. M. ’s mother’s family, 2.
Chemistry class at University of Edinburgh
attended by Maxwell under
Professor Gregory, and practical
chemistry under Mr. Kemp, 107, 126.
Chrystal, Professor, associated with
Maxwell in committee of British
Association for verifying Ohm’s law,
365, 392.
Clausius, mathematical investigations
suggested by his theory of gases,
332, 336, 342, 380, 399, 562, 564,
567.
Clerk, George, afterwards Sir George
Clerk Maxwell (great grand-father
in the direct male line
of J. C. M.), his betrothal and
marriage to his cousin, Dorothea
Maxwell, heiress of Middlebie,
19, 23.
Sir George (of Penicuik), brother of
John Clerk Maxwell and uncle
of J. C. M., 322.
Captain James, paternal grand-father
of J. C. M., 3 and note, 22.
Mrs. James (née Janet Irving),
paternal grand-mother of J. C.
M., 4, 21.
John, of Eldin, brother to Sir
George Clerk (J. C. M.’s great-grandfather),
and author of a
book on naval tactics, 19-21.
John (son of the above), a distinguished
lawyer and Lord of
Session (Lord Eldin), 19, 21 and
note.
Sir John, of Penicuik, elder brother
of James (paternal grand-father of
J. C. M.), 3, 22.
Sir John (of Penicuik, Baron of
Exchequer), great-great-grand-father
in the direct male line of
J. C. M., 19.
John, afterwards John Clerk Maxwell,
of Middlebie (or Glenlair),
the father of J. C. M. (see Maxwell,
John Clerk).
William, brother of Lord Eldin,
and friend of young Walter Scott,
21 and note.
William, married Agnes Maxwell,
and left only child, Dorothea
Maxwell, heiress of Middlebie,
who married her cousin, George
Clerk, as above, 23.
Clerks (of Penicuik), their family traits
and Coterie-Sprache, 5, 6.
note upon their descent and history,
16-22.
Colour-box, 198, 314, 318, 334, 335,
337, 347, 476.
Colour-blindness, phenomena of, investigated,
soon after Cambridge
degree, 198.
results communicated to Dr.
George Wilson, 203, 217.
account of his investigations, 474,
482.
Colours, early questions about, 31.
order of ideas upon, 84 note.
investigations upon, commenced
after the Cambridge degree, 198,
209, 211, 212, 261, 268.
his triangle of, 209.
remarks on Maxwell’s investigations,
by Professor Stokes,
287.
lecture upon, at Royal Institution
1861, 315.
paper upon colour-vision at different
points of the retina, 327.
letters to C. J. Monro on colours,
347, 379.
Colour-top, 198, 332, 469.
Colour-vision, lecture on (B. A. 1870),
327, 354.
account of Maxwell’s experiments
on, 466-491.
Conical pendulum, MS. on, 87.
Craigenputtock, incident of pilgrimage
to, 257 note.
Descartes, his ovals identified with
those delineated by Maxwell by
new and simpler method, 77, 79,
88.
laws of, 398.
on matter and extension, 436.
Determinism, 434-444.
Devil-on-two-sticks, a favourite game,
65, 117, 129, 135, 251.
Devonshire, Duke of, his gift of a
physical laboratory to Cambridge,
348.
Dewar, Principal, of Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 275.
his daughter Katherine Mary D.
married to J. C. M., 276.
Dielectric, Maxwell’s theory of action
in, 559.
Dynamical top, Maxwell’s paper on, 287,
500.
Dynamics, Maxwell’s investigations in,
465, 498-501.
letters to W. Garnett on, 398, 399.
Edinburgh Academy chosen as the
school for J. C. M., 44.
early days at, 45-61.
rector’s class under Archdeacon
Williams, 66.
Edinburgh University, Maxwell’s entrance at, 105.
Edison’s loud-speaking telephone, 363.
phonograph, 455.
Elastic solids, Maxwell’s investigations
on, 106, 126, 127, 133, 465, 491, 491-496.
Elasticity, a subject of lectures at Aberdeen,
295, 301.
Eldin (see Clerk, John).
Electricity, a subject of Maxwell’s study
while at Edinburgh University,
106, 118, 120.
resumed immediately after the
Cambridge degree, 199, 204.
a subject of lectures at Aberdeen,
291, 302.
Maxwell a member of committee
(British Association) for determining
standard of resistance,
316.
Maxwell’s comparison of electromagnetic
and electrostatic units,
317, 336, 337, 545.
Maxwell’s great work on, takes
shape 1866-1870, 320.
general mathematical propositions
relating to, 330.
instrument for measuring effects
of, through different media,
334.
one of the primary objects of the
chair of experimental physics at
Cambridge, 350.
Maxwell appointed one of committee
of British Association for
verifying Ohm’s law. Reported
at Glasgow 1876, 365.
publication of book on electricity
and magnetism, 374.
various work relating to, 375.
posthumous work on, 288 note, 354.
synthetical account of Maxwell’s
contributions to science of, 513-559.
Electromagnetic field, 550.
machines, seen by J. C. M. in 1842,
52.
theory of light, 340-342.
units, 336.
Ellicott, C. J., Bishop of Gloucester,
his correspondence with Maxwell,
392-396.
Energy, conversion and conservation of,
335, 438.
Everitt, Professor, member of committee
of British Association on Ohm’s Law,
365.
Examination system at Cambridge, 325,
356.
Experimental physics, chair of, 348.
inaugural lecture, 354.
work of, 364 et seq.
Extension (Spinoza), 380.
(Descartes), 436.
Eye, lecture to operatives on, at Aberdeen,
264.
Faraday, Michael, reference to his
experiments upon table-turning,
189.
Maxwell’s early interest in his investigations,
199 note.
his lines of force, the subject of a
lecture by Maxwell 1855-56,199,
204, 222, 256.
his letters to Maxwell, 288, 519.
reference to his style, 305.
at Maxwell’s lecture Royal Institution
(1861), 319, 528.
his Electrical Researches carefully
studied by Maxwell, 513, 516.
his discovery of magnetic induction,
525.
Farrar, Rev. F. W. (Canon of Westminster),
a friend of Maxwell as an
undergraduate at Cambridge, 168,182,
200.
Fluid displacement, 346.
Foramen centrale, phenomena of, 315.
Forbes, Professor James D., his early
recognition of J. C. M.’s genius,
74, 75.
reads paper of J. C. M. at Royal
Society, Edinburgh, 76.
his lifelong friendship with J. C.
M., 79.
his natural philosophy class in the
University of Edinburgh, 90,
114, 115, 116, 124, 127.
his advice as to Maxwell’s going to
Cambridge, 131 note, 132.
his suggestions as to paper (on
elastic solids) for the Royal
Society, 137.
advises Trinity College, Cambridge,
146.
correspondence upon colours, 213,
214.
suggestion as to Aberdeen professorship
and joining the Royal
Society of Edinburgh, 250.
letter upon Maxwell’s appointment
and on his father’s death, 256.
letter upon professorial work, 266.
vacates chair of Natural Philosophy
at Edinburgh, 277.
letter on Saturn, etc., 307.
resignation of principalship, St.
Andrews, 327, 345.
Force, suggestions from Faraday as to
definition of, 289.
Foucault, his pendulum for showing the
rotation of the earth, 153.
his determination of the velocity of
light, 545.
Fourier’s Theorie de la Chaleur perused
by Maxwell while at Edinburgh
University, 133 note, 134.
method of harmonics, 507.
Fraunhofer’s lines, preparation of water
prism for showing, to students, 267.
Free will, 305, 306.
Fresnel, 129, 486.
Frog, a subject of childish interest, 34.
transformations ingeniously delineated
on magic disc, 37.
Galileo, 501.
Galton, F., 435.
Galvanism (see Electricity).
Gases, experiments on viscosity of, at
different pressures and temperatures,
318.
paper on this subject, delivered at
Bakerian Lecture 1866, 325.
Geometry, original inquiries suggested
to J. C. M. by school exercises in,
69.
Maxwell’s investigations in, 465,
496-498.
Germs, speculations upon, 390.
Glacier-markings on Arthur’s Seat, J.
C. M. points out to L. C., in 1846,
73.
Glaciers, Forbes’s investigations on, a
subject of interest to J. C. M., 80.
Glenlair, name of farm acquired by Mr.
John C. Maxwell, and house built
by him, 24-26.
journey from, on J. C. M. going to
Edinburgh for schooling, 46.
holidays at, 61-65, etc.
completion of new offices at, 64.
Maxwell’s residence in intervals of
professorial work, 320-328.
Gloag, J. C. M.’s first mathematical
teacher, 68.
Graham’s experiments on gases, 315,
332, 564.
Gregory, Professor, at Edinburgh, his
chemistry class attended by Maxwell,
107, 114, 126, 127.
Guillemard, Rev. Dr., of Little St.
Mary’s,[326] Cambridge, his account of
Maxwell’s last hours, 414-416.
Haidinger’s Brushes, 84, 489.
Hamilton, Sir William, Edinburgh, his
logic and metaphysic class attended
by Maxwell, 90, 107, 116,
126.
influence on Maxwell of his teaching,
108, 165, 227.
Happy Valley, Vale of Urr, in Coterie-Sprache,
62.
Harmonic analysis, 374.
Hay, Mr. D. R., his work suggested J.
C. M.’s investigations on the subject
of ovals, 73.
furnishes colour-patterns, 198.
his book of colours, 212.
Heat, a subject in chair of experimental
physics, 350.
treatise on, 374.
Helmholtz, his investigations on colours
referred to, 214, 468.
on conversion of energy, 335.
on acoustics, 363.
Heriot Row, “Old 31,” house of aunt,
Mrs. Wedderburn, and home of
J. C. M. while at school and
college in Edinburgh--arrival
there sketched by J. W., 46.
home occupations, 52.
Herschel, Sir John, his essays, 302.
his style, 305.
Sir William, his observation of
Saturn’s rings, 502.
Hills and Dales, paper on (British
Association 1870), 327, 497.
Hopkins, William, his remark that
“Maxwell never made a mistake,”
133 note.
Maxwell commences to read with
him, 154.
reminiscence of a fellow-pupil
under, 175.
Hort, Professor F. J. A., his recollections
of Maxwell, 417-421.
Hughes, Professor (microphone), 363.
Huygens’ discovery of Saturn’s rings,
501.
Impenetrability of matter, doctrine
stated in paper on properties of
matter, written for Mental Philosophy
class in Edinburgh University,
109.
Inertia, as a property of matter, defined
in paper written for Mental Philosophy
class in University of Edinburgh, 109.
Investigation, early proclivities for, 27.
Irving, Miss Janet, paternal grand-mother
of J. C. M., 4, 21, 22.
Irving, John, half-brother to above, and
friend of Walter Scott and Lord
Eldin, 21 and note.
Italy, tour with Mrs. Maxwell in, 324.
Jenkin, Professor Fleeming, associated
with Maxwell in committee of
British Association, for determining
standard of electrical resistance,
316.
Maxwell’s correspondence with, 336.
Joule, 335, 568.
Kelland, Professor, referred to on J.
C. M.’s early paper upon ovals,
and agreed with Professor
Forbes as to its merit, 75.
his mathematical classes attended
by Maxwell in the University of
Edinburgh, 90, 107, 115, 116.
reads Maxwell’s paper on rolling
curves at meeting of Royal Society,
Edinburgh, 19th Feb. 1849, 106.
consulted as to choice of college at
Cambridge, 146.
congratulations on degree, 207.
Kinetic energy, 563.
King’s College, London, Maxwell appointed
Professor of Natural
Philosophy in, 278.
his work in this professorship,
314-320.
Kirchoffs rules for electric circuits,
372, 399.
Lagrange, 398.
Laplace, 398, 438, 505.
Lavater, 302.
Leaping-pole, 34.
Le Sage, 560.
Leibniz, 335, 398.
Lenz’s law, 526, 540.
Leverrier, 85, 351.
Liddell, Elizabeth, maternal grand-mother
of J. C. M., 13.
Light, velocity of, 317, 329, 483.
Litchfield, R. B., a college friend, correspondence
with, 207, 215, 221, 261,
262, 280, 304.
Lucretius, his argument for a vacuum
adopted in a paper of Maxwell’s,
written for the mental philosophy
class, Edinburgh University, 109, 112.
Mackenzie, Rev. Charles (afterwards
Bishop of Natal), consulted in
choice of a college at Cambridge,
146.
takes J. C. M. and his father to see
the colleges, 148.
Mackenzie, Rev. Charles, a moderator in
the examination for the Mathematical
Tripos 1854, 193.
Colin, a cousin, present at Maxwell’s
last illness, 411, 416.
Frank, a college friend and contemporary
of Maxwell, 169, 186,
193.
Maclagan, W. D. (now Bishop of Lichfield),
a friend of Maxwell at Cambridge,
203.
Maclennan, the late J. F., one of Maxwell’s
college friends, 161, 177,
252.
visits Glenlair, 263.
Magnetism (see Electricity).
Mathematics, modicum of teaching received
at the Edinburgh Academy,
68, 71.
Professor Kelland’s classes in University
of Edinburgh, 90.
Matter, properties of, discussed in paper
written for Sir W. Hamilton’s
class of mental philosophy, 109,
and motion, small book on, 374, 398.
Matteucci, Professor, 325.
Maurice, Professor, Maxwell’s interest
in controversy upon Theological
Essays, 171, 192, 194.
his working-men’s college scheme
entered into by Maxwell, 205,
217, 222, 256, 260.
criticism of his writings, 218.
Maxwell, Dorothea Clerk, heiress of
Middlebie, great-grandmother
(mother of paternal grand-father)
of J. C. M., her betrothal and
marriage to her cousin George
Clerk, 19, 23.
Sir George Clerk (of Penicuik and
Middlebie), great-grandfather, in
the direct male line, of J. C. M.,
19, 23.
James Clerk, birth and parentage,
2.
childhood, 24-44.
boyhood--Edinburgh Academy
(Æt. 10-13), 45-65.
adolescence (Æt. 13-16), 66-90.
original work at this period
(ovals, etc.), 91-104.
University of Edinburgh (Æt.
16-19), 105-145.
undergraduate life at Cambridge
(Æt. 19-22), 146-196.
Bachelor-scholar and Fellow of
Trinity (1854-1856), 197-222.
Essays at Cambridge, 1853-1856,
223-246.
Maxwell, James Clerk, his father’s
death, professorship at Aberdeen,
marriage, 247-313.
King’s College, London—Glenlair
1860-1870, 314-347.
Examiner at Cambridge, 325.
Cambridge--Cavendish laboratory
(1871-1879), 348-405.
illness and death 1879, 406-433.
last essays at Cambridge, 434-463.
poems, 577-651.
John Clerk, father of J. C. M., 2.
his place in descent of the
Clerks of Penicuik, 22.
inherits remnant of Middlebie
under an entail which debarred
his elder brother
George (Clerk) from holding
it with Penicuik, 3.
converts estate into habitation
(Glenlair), 5, 25.
inherited and personal traits of
character, 5-12.
portrait-sketch by J. W., 38.
genial intercourse between
father and son, 53.
interest in son’s progress, 72,
73.
places son at Cambridge, 146.
extracts from his letters to J. C.,
M., 150, 156, 160, 181,184-187,
193, 194, 196, 207,
213, 214, 217-220.
anxiety about his health, 206,
210.
his death, 248.
Mrs. John Clerk (née Frances Cay),
mother of J. C. M., 2.
traits of character, 12.
her death in J. C. M.’s ninth
year, 15.
Maxwells of Middlebie, note on their
descent, 22.
Meloid, delineation of, 87, 88, 91-97.
Microphone (Hughes’), 363.
Middlebie, the family estate descended
from the Maxwells, 3.
Maxwells of, note on their descent,
22.
how the bulk of the old estate was
disposed of, 23.
situation of remaining estate, 24.
Milton, Maxwell’s early familiarity
with, 32.
Moigno’s Répertoire d'Optique, read
during vacation at Edinburgh University,
129.
Molecular physics, account of Maxwell’s
investigations in, 465, 559-574.
Molecules, Maxwell’s discourse on,
British Association at Bradford
1873, 358-360.
his paper on dynamical evidence of
the molecular constitution of
bodies, 361.
his theory of, 561.
Moral Philosophy, Professor Wilson’s
(Christopher North), lectures on,
107, 114, 127, 128.
thoughts upon, in correspondence,
140-144.
and in an essay, 234.
Maxwell’s comments upon Professor
Wilson’s lectures, 145.
Necessity, 306 (and see Determinism).
Neptune, interest in discovery of planet,
85.
Newton, his optics perused by Maxwell
while at Edinburgh University,
133 note.
Principia, etc., referred to, 398,
437.
class at Aberdeen upon, 291, 295,
302.
Newton’s rings, engaged attention of J.
C. M. (Æt. 15), 84.
Nichol, Professor, his lecture on discovery
of planet Neptune, 85.
Nicol, Mr., inventor of the polariscope
visited, 84.
letters of J. C. M. referring to this
visit, 122, 123.
Nicol’s prism described, 486.
Niven, W. D., 402, 575.
Oërsted, 305, 521.
Ohm’s Law, 316, 365, 555.
Ophthalmoscope, instrument made by
Maxwell for seeing into the eye,
198, 208.
dogs trained to submit to observation
by it, 39, 208, 212,
342.
Optics, Maxwell’s contributions to, 483.
projected work on, 204.
class at Aberdeen on, 291.
Orr (or Urr), the name of the river by
Glenlair, 24.
scenery of, 33.
spelling of, 67.
Ovals, investigations on, by J. C. M., as
a boy of 14—74, 75, 76, 88, 91,
98-104.
identified with those of Descartes,
but J. C. M.’s method new and
simpler, 79, 88.
Ovals, delineation and propositions, 97-104.
Paget, Dr., 406, 408.
Pain, essay on, 444-452.
Penicuik, seat of the Clerk family, 2.
holiday resort of J. C. M.’s father
when a boy, 7.
Clerks of, note on their history and
descent, 16-22.
visited on way from Glenlair on J.
C. M. going to Edinburgh for
schooling, 46.
frequent resort of J. C. M. in
Christmas holidays, 65.
Perception, 227, 240.
Phonograph, 403, 455.
Plateau, 332, 507.
Platometer, 220.
Poisson, study of his “mechanics,” 119,
134.
study of his electricity and magnetism,
217.
Polariscope, as constructed by Maxwell,
487.
Polarised light, Maxwell’s early interest
in, 84.
a subject of study while at Edinburgh
University, 106, 117, 122-124,
126.
theory of rotation of the plane of,
by magnetism, 331.
Pomeroy, a Cambridge friend, 182, 184,
191, 201, 203, 211, 220, 262.
nursed in illness by Maxwell, 206,
221.
his description of his travels, 266.
his death in India from fever,
brought on by over-exertion
(1857), 274.
his character reflected by Maxwell’s
letters, 281, 282.
his own last letter, 285.
Psychophysik, 452-463.
Quaternions, 384.
Ramsay, the late Dean, of Edinburgh,
his estimate of young Maxwell, 163.
Ray Club, Maxwell introduced to, 213.
elected an associate of, 220.
meetings of, 249.
Rayleigh, Lord, on Maxwell’s influence
at Cambridge, 357.
(Hon. J. W. Strutt) on colours, 376,
380.
letter from, 349.
theory of sound, 363.
Regnault, 568.
Regular solids constructed by J. C. M.
as a boy, 56, 60.
Religio Medici, Sir Thomas Browne’s, a
favourite book with Maxwell, 173,175.
Religion, Maxwell’s views and sentiments
in regard to, 170 note, 321,
323 note, 338-340.
Robertson, the Rev. Charles Hope, his
reminiscences, 163.
Rolling curves, a subject of study by
Maxwell while at Edinburgh
University, 106-121.
paper on, read before R.S.E. in
1849, 106, 133.
Routh, fellow-pupil with Maxwell, senior
wrangler, and he and Maxwell bracketed
Smith’s Prizemen, 176.
Royal Institution, Maxwell’s lectures on
colours at, 315, 319, 354, 379.
Royal Society of Edinburgh, J. C. M.
as a boy, taken by his father to
their meetings, 54, 73.
paper upon ovals by J. C. M. (Æt.
14), read at meeting, 6th April
1846, 76.
paper on rolling curves, at meeting,
19th February 1849, 106.
paper upon colours (19th March
1855), 469.
other papers, 483.
referred to in correspondence, 343.
Rowland, Professor, 373 note.
Saturn’s Rings, Maxwell’s work on, for
Adams prize, 275, 291, 293, 295, 303.
his model of, 309.
account of his investigations regarding,
465, 501-513.
Schuster, his experiments on electrical
resistance, 365.
Scripture, early knowledge of, 32.
interpretation of, 309, 328, 338.
Sea-fyke, an object of boyish interest,
58, 59.
Smiddy near Glenlair, childish interest
in, 27, 33.
manufacture of steel bars for magnets,
85.
Smith, Adam, 143, 234.
Dr. E., on food, etc., 335.
Soap-bubbles, objects of youthful
interest, 33.
Society of Arts, Edinburgh, visits to,
by J. C. M. with his father, 73.
Space (of m dimensions!), 380.
“Spin,” word used to describe the process
in experiments on electrical
resistance, 316.
Spencer, Herbert, social theories criticised,
459.
Spinoza, 380.
Spiritualism, common-sense views about,
humorously expressed, 228-230.
Stephen, Sir James, his lectures attended
by Maxwell, 185.
Stereoscope, Maxwell’s interest in, 106,
125, 251, 252.
his modified form of, 484.
Stokes, Professor G. G., F.R.S., D.C.L.,
commencement of Maxwell’s attendance
on his lectures, and lifelong
friendship between them,
154, 185.
letter to Maxwell on his dynamical
top and colour experiments, 287.
joins in urging Maxwell to stand
for the chair of Experimental
Physics at Cambridge, 349.
Stress, 493, 573.
Swimming, favourite exercise of J. C.
M., 55, 120, 208.
Sylvester, Professor, 326
Table-turning, reference to Faraday’s
experiments on, 189, 191.
Tadpole, a subject of childish interest,
34.
transformation of, ingeniously delineated
on magic disc, 37.
Tait, Professor P. G., his summary of
reminiscences of Maxwell, 86,
87, 133.
his appointment to the Chair of
Natural Philosophy in Edinburgh,
277.
Tayler, Rev. C. B., Maxwell’s visit to,
170, 190.
correspondence with, 187-189.
Taylor, Isaac, jun., a fellow-student
with Maxwell at Cambridge,
176.
senior, described, 177.
senior, his works referred to, 227.
Telephone, lecture on, 361, 403.
Thaumatrope modified, a toy on which
early ingenuity was exercised, 36.
Thomson, Professor (Sir William), asks
Maxwell’s assistance in some preparations
for meeting of British
Association, 144,
consulted as to choice of college at
Cambridge, 146.
his laying of the telegraph cable
described by Maxwell in humorous
verse, 279.
his solution of a problem set by
Maxwell, relating to the viscosity
of gases, 341.
his work in reference to conversion
of energy, 335.
Thomson, Professor, his experiments on
air (jointly with Joule), 568.
Toby (in perpetual succession), a hereditary
and lifelong companion,
38, 369.
sketched in family groups, 38, 42.
at Cambridge, 369, 370.
Top, colour-, 198, 332, 469.
dynamical, Maxwell’s paper on,
287.
Trifocal curves, MS. on (see Ovals),
87.
Tub, early navigation in, 42, 43.
venture advanced from duck pond
to river, 62, 63.
Tyndall, Professor, letter from, 288.
his address to British Association
(Section A), referred to, 336.
his address as President of British
Association (1874), 372.
Urr (see Orr).
Vacuum, arguments of Lucretius for,
adopted in paper written for mental
philosophy class in Edinburgh University,
109.
Vassals, humorous designation of cottagers
on estate, 39.
not forgotten amongst scientific
work at Cambridge, 199, 206.
Verdet, 549.
Verse, exercises in, by J. C. M. as a
boy, 64, 69, 70.
“Virial” of a system, 567.
Viscosity of gases, experiments on, 318,
325.
Vortices, Maxwell’s theory of, 329.
Wasps’ nests, youthful adventure in
taking, 33.
Weber, theory of electricity, 365, 516,
545, 550.
Wedderburn, Mrs. (née Isabella Clerk),
paternal aunt of J. C. M., 3.
a frequent visitor at Glenlair in J.
C. M.’s childhood, 36.
Westcott, Professor, his tribute to Maxwell,
358 note.
Wheatstone’s stereoscope, letter referring
to, 125.
Williams, The Ven. Archdeacon (of
Cardigan), Rector of Edinburgh Academy,
a genial teacher, 66.
Willis, Professor, Cambridge, his Principles
of Mechanism, read by Maxwell
during vacation at Edinburgh
University, 129, 133
note.
Willis, Professor, his lectures on practical
mechanism attended by Maxwell
when a graduate, 220.
Wilson, Professor (Christopher North),
his Moral Philosophy class
attended by Maxwell, 107,
114, 127, 128.
Maxwell’s comment on his
lectures, 145.
Dr. George, Maxwell communicates
to him results upon colour-blindness, 203, 217.
Young, Dr. T., his triangle of colours,
a basis of Maxwell’s experiments,
467, 472, 473.
clearness of his style, 305.
Zoëtrope, 484.