INDEX. 



661 



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 at- 

 tendance on his lectures, and life- 

 long 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 de- 

 lineated 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 Edin- 

 burgh, 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 pre- 

 parations 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 humor- 

 ous 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 here- 

 ditary 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 Univer- 

 sity, 109. 



Vassals, humorous designation of cot- 

 tagers 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. (nee 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 Max- 

 well, 358 note. 

 Wheatstone's stereoscope, letter referring 



to, 125. 



Williams, The Ven. Archdeacon (of 

 Cardigan), Rector of Edinburgh Aca- 

 demy, a genial teacher, 66. 

 Willis, Professor, Cambridge, his Princi- 

 ples of Mechanism, read by Max- 

 well during vacation at Edin- 

 burgh University, 129, 133 

 note. 



