THE LIFE 



OF 



JAMES CLEKK MAXWELL 



WITH A SELECTION FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE 

 AND OCCASIONAL WRITINGS 



AND 



A SKETCH OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE 



BY 



LEWIS CAMPBELL, M.A., LL.D. 



PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDRF/WS 



WILLIAM GARNETT, M.A. 



LATE FELLOW OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 

 PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NOTTINGHAM 



WITH THREE STEEL PORTRAITS, COLOURED PLATES, ETC. 



ILontron 



MACMILLAN AND CO. 



1882 



