Observations on circumscribed figures having a plurality of foci and radii of various proportions, 1846.

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Observations on circumscribed figures having a plurality of foci and radii of various proportions, 1846.

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Early paper by Maxwell concerning a method of drawing ovals written when he was just 14 and presented to the Royal Society in his behalf by Professor James D. Forbes. Also includes a brief biography of Maxwell by Donald S. Allen.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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