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Electromagnetic Theory

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1865

James Clerk Maxwell1865

London · Science / Physics

Publishes equations showing electromagnetic waves can propagate through space.

Names involved

James Clerk Maxwell

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