Richard Harrison wrote:

J.C. Maxwell, also an Englishman,

Ahem!

[...]
J.C. Maxwell died in 1879 at an age of 48 years, 8 years before
Heinrich Hertz generated the first man-made intentional electromagnetic
waves. These proved Maxwell correct. Oliver Heaviside, a Scot, born in
1850, decided to teach himself the contents of Maxwell`s
"Electromagnetic Theory" and in 1887 started "dumbing down" Maxwell in
a series of articles published in an English magazine, "The
Electrician". That was the beginning of modern communication engineering.

Oliver Heaviside once said, "Let mathematics be humanized if possible.
The best of proofs is to set out a fact descriptively so that it can be
seen to be a fact."

Heaviside proves that all who are born in Edinburgh or London are not
fools.

James Clerk Maxwell was a Scot, born in Edinburgh and buried at his
family home in south-west Scotland, less than 50 miles from here.

Now can we please shut this discussion down? The sound of Maxwell
turning in his grave is keeping this whole county awake.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek