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happened to have some kind of equipment Maxwell's A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field was published in 1865 - it's mostly your perception of the hi
by pvg 3y ago
happened to have some kind of equipment
Maxwell's A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field was published in 1865 - it's mostly your perception of the history of the relevant science that might be a few decades off.
- iyn 3y agoWhy so snarky? The paper you refer to was published after the event. I'm also amazed that it was possible to record such event at that time.
- pvg 3y agoI'm not sure where you got snarky, I'm just giving a little info on the state of scientific development of that particular field at the time. You need plenty of previous work to get to a theory of electromagnetism, as Maxwell did. If you prefer something a little earlier and more experimental Faraday published his seminal result in 1831. It took him about 10 years of fiddling with wires and magnets. I'm also amazed Which is wonderful! So were 19th century scientists, though, and they also figured it out.
- tanseydavid 3y agoThe comment you are responding to, does not seem at all snarky to me. Just sayin'.