On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:55:34 -0800 (PST), Dave wrote:

maxwell's equations know nothing of the length of a conductor used as
a radiator. in fact, they say nothing about a conductor at all.

Does Maxwell even use the word resonance? Reactance? Or any word
from the host of electrical components? Maxwell never even used the
term Gauss to signify the strength of a field! And neither did Gauss.

What DID Maxwell say about equilibrium?
"About the beginning of this century, the properties of bodies
were investigated by several distinguished French mathematicians
on the hypothesis that they are systems of molecules in
equilibrium. The somewhat unsatisfactory nature of the results of
these investigations produced, especially in this country, a
reaction in favour of the opposite method of treating bodies as if
they were, so far at least as our experiments are concerned, truly
continuous."

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC