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Volume I / Figure II / Article 119 — Lines of Force and Equipotential Surfaces. A treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, by James Clerk Maxwell.

James Clerk Maxwell, born on June 13, 1831, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and passing away on November 5, 1879, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, was a Scottish physicist renowned for his formulation of electromagnetic theory. Widely considered the most influential scientist of the 19th century with regards to 20th-century physics, he stands alongside Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein for the fundamental impact of his contributions. In 1931, marking the centenary of Maxwell’s birth, Einstein hailed the transformative effect of Maxwell’s work on the conception of reality in physics as "the most profound and the most fruitful" since Newton's era. Maxwell's groundbreaking insights gave birth to the concept of electromagnetic radiation, and his field equations, built upon Michael Faraday’s observations of electric and magnetic lines, laid the groundwork for Einstein's theory of relativity and the advent of quantum theory.

Britannica — James Clerk Maxwell.
Internet Archive — A treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.

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