[SI-LIST] Re: Date for Gauss's Law of Magnetism
- From: "Kieran O' Leary" <kieran.oleary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dbrooks7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:38:30 +0100
Hi Doug,
Not a definitive answer but James Clerk Maxwell's "A Dynamical Theory of the
Electromagnetic Field" was published in 1865.
This paper contains all four of what we now know as Maxwell's Equations
including both of Gauss' laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dynamical_Theory_of_the_Electromagnetic_Field
Maxwell formulated 20 equations but these were later reduced to the 4 that
we are familiar with nowadays by Oliver Heaviside.
No later than 1865 would seem appropriate to me but of course there were
multiple contributors to the development and mathematical treatment of these
laws.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Kieran
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Date for Gauss's Law of Magnetism
Does anyone know the date Gauss's Law of Magnetism was formulated?
Wikipedia says that Gauss's Law of Electricity was developed in 1835 and
published in 1867, but I haven't found any dates associated with his law of
magnetism.
Doug Brooks
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