On Faraday's Lines of Force (Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)writing · 1855–1856DirectVerified quotation — claim 01“By a physical analogy I mean that partial similarity between the laws of one science and those of another which makes each of them illustrate the other.” — James Clerk MaxwellVerified quotation — claim 01“We must therefore discover some method of investigation which allows the mind at every step to lay hold of a clear physical conception, without being committed to any theory founded on the physical science from which that conception is borrowed, so that it is neither drawn aside from the subject in pursuit of analytical subtleties, nor carried beyond the truth by a favourite hypothesis.” — James Clerk MaxwellVerified quotation — claim 01“If on the other hand, we adopt a physical hypothesis, we can see the phenomena only through a medium, and are liable to that blindness to facts and rashness in assumption which a partial explanation encourages.” — James Clerk Maxwell
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Address to the Mathematical and Physical Sections of the British Association, Liverpoolspeech · 1870DirectNo passage is mapped to this claim. Sources are listed for provenance; a quotation appears only when it has been verified for the specific claim.
Are there Real Analogies in Nature? (essay read to the Apostles, printed in the Life)writing · 1856DirectNo passage is mapped to this claim. Sources are listed for provenance; a quotation appears only when it has been verified for the specific claim.