Article ID: CBB000039426

Controversy over voltaic contact phenomena, 1862-1900 (1994)

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Description On the conflict between followers of William Thomson and James Clerk Maxwell.


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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Crosbie W.
Wise, M. Norton
John Lekner
Wilson, David Ball
Strien, Marij van
Sichau, C.
Journals
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Physics Teacher
Publishers
Princeton University
Manchester University Press
Hilger
Cornell University Press
Concepts
Physics
Mechanics
Science
Controversies and disputes
Biographical studies
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
People
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
Maxwell, James Clerk
Darwin, George Howard
Stokes, George Gabriel
Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
British Isles
England
Institutions
University of Glasgow
Cambridge University
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