Evidence
Documents & Publications
Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism with quaternion formulation
Source: Published scientific literature (1873)
Significance
Original more complete formulation of electromagnetism
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Evidence Details
- Type
- Documents & Publications
- Classification
- document
- Source
- Published scientific literature (1873)