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in deutscher Übersetzung 

 Theorie der Wärme. Nach der vierten Auflage des Originals in’s Deutsche übertragen von Dr. F. Auerbach. Breslau: Maruschke & Berendt, 1877 , 
 → Theory of Heat

 Theorie der Wärme. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Übersetzt nach der vierten Auflage des Originals von Dr. F. Neesen. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1878 
 → Theory of Heat

 Substanz und Bewegung. Ins Deutsche übersetzt von Dr. Ernst v. Fleischl. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1879 ; (2. Abdruck) 1881 DMGLIB, University of Chicago
 → Matter and Motion

 Die Elektrizität in elementarer Behandlung. Herausgegeben von William Garnett. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Dr. L. Graetz. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1883 
 → An Elementary Treatise on Electricity

 Lehrbuch der Electricität und des Magnetismus. Autorisirte deutsche Uebersetzung von Dr. B. Weinstein. 2 Bände. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1883 ULB Innsbruck
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 → A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

 Ueber Faraday’s Kraftlinien (= Ostwalds Klassiker, 69). Herausgegeben von L. Boltzmann. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1895
 → On Faraday’s Lines of Force

 Ueber physikalische Kraftlinien (= Ostwalds Klassiker, 102). Herausgegeben von Ludwig Boltzmann. 1898
 → On Physical Lines of Force (Scientific Papers I)

Originale 

 On the Stability of the Motion of Saturn’s Rings. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1859 , 

  Theory of Heat. 1871
 New York: Appleton and Co., 1872 , 
 2nd edition. London: Longmans, Greenn and Co., 1872 
 4th editon. London 1876
 5th edition. London 1877 
 10th edition. With corrections and additions by Lord Rayleigh. London 1891 ; 1899 ; 1902 , ; 1904 

  A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1873
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 2nd edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881
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 3rd edition. Oxford 1892
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 3rd edition [altered]. New York: Dover Publications, 1954
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  Matter and Motion. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1876 
 Reprinted from Van Nostrand’s Magazine, New York 1878 
 London 1894 
 Reprinted with notes and appendices by Joseph Larmor. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1920 , , 

  An Elementary Treatise on Electricity. Edited by William Garnett. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881 , , 
 2nd edition. Oxford 1888 , 

  The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. Edited by W. D. Niven. Cambridge: University Press, 1890
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Veröffentlichungen in Periodika 

The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal
 On a particular case of the descent of a heavy body in a resisting medium. In: Bd. 9 (1854), S. 145 

Journal of the Chemical Society
 On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies. In: Bd. 28 (1876), S. 493

Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers
 Lightning Conductors. In: Bd. 4 (1875), S. 429 

Nature
 On Loschmidt’s Experiments on Diffusion in relation to the Kinetic Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 8 (1873), S. 298 
 Theory of Electrical Induction. In: Bd. 14 (1876), S. 27 
 On Stresses in Rarefied Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. In: Bd. 18 (1875), S. 54 
 The Rede Lecture (The Telephone). In: Bd. 18 (1875), S. 159 

Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
 On Colour Vision. In: Bd. 6 (1872), S. 260 
 On Action at a Distance. In: Bd. 7 (1875), S. 44 

Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science
 Account of Experiments on the Perception of Colour. In: Ser. 4, Bd. 14 (1857), S. 40 
 Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases.
 Part I. On the Motion and Collisions of Perfectly Elastic Spheres. In: Bd. 19 (1860), S. 19 
 Part II. On the Process of Diffusion of two or more kinds of moving particles among one another. In: Bd. 20 (1860), S. 21 
 Part III. On the Collision of Perfectly Elastic Bodies of any Form. In: Bd. 20 (1860), S. 33 
 On Physical Lines of Force.
 Part I. The Theory of Molecular Vortices applied to Magnetic Phenomena. In: Bd. 21 (1861), S. 161 
 Part II. The Theory of Molecular Vortices applied to Electric Currents. In: Bd. 21 (1861), S. 338 
 Part III. The Theory of Molecular Vortices applied to Statical Electricity. In: Bd. 23 (1862), S. 12 
 On Reciprocal Figures and Diagrams of Forces. In: Bd. 27 (1864), S. 250 
 On the Calculation of the Equilibrium and Stiffness of Frames. In: Bd. 27 (1864), S. 294 
 (mit ) On the Elementary Relations between Electrical Measurements. In: Bd. 29 (1865), S. 436 ; S. 507 
 On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 35 (1868), S. 129 ; S. 185 
 On Mr. Grove’s “Experiment in Magneto-electric Induction”. In: Bd. 35 (1868), S. 360 
 On Hills and Dales. In: Bd. 40 (1870), S. 421 
 A Discourse on Molecules. In: Bd. 46 (1873), S. 453 

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
 On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of the Colours of the Spectrum. In: Bd. 150 (1860), S. 57 
 A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. In: Bd. 155 (1865), S. 459 
 On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. In: Bd. 156 (1866), S. 249 
 On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 157 (1867), S. 49 
 On the Influence of the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies on the Index of Refraction of Light. In: Bd. 158 (1868), S. 532 
 On a Method of making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force; with a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. In: Bd. 158 (1868), S. 643 
 On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. In: Bd. 170-1 (1880), S. 231 ; Appendix S. 249 

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
 On Faraday’s Lines of Force. In: Bd. 1 (1866), S. 160, 163 
 On the Elementary Theory of Optical Instruments. In: Bd. 1 (1866), S. 173 
 On the Solution of Electrical Problems by the Transformation of Conjugate Functions. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 242 
 On the Proof of the Equations of Motion of a connected system. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 292 
 On a Problem in the Calculus of Variations in which the solution is discontinuous. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 294 
 On the Relation of Geometrical Optics to other parts of Mathematics and Physics. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 338 
 On the Centre of Motion of the Eye. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 365 
 On Bow’s method of drawing diagramms in graphical statics, with illustrations from Peaucellier’s linkage. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 407 
 On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances. In: Bd. 2 (1876), S. 427 
 On a Paradox in the Theory of Attraction. In: Bd. 3 (1880), S. 34 
 On Approximate Multiple Integration between Limits by Summation. In: Bd. 3 (1880), S. 39 
 On the unpublished electical papers of the Hon. Henry Cavendish. In: Bd. 3 (1880), S. 86 

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society
 The Construction of Stereograms of Surfaces. In: Bd. 2 (1869), S. 57 
 On Reciprocal Diagrams in Space, and their relation to Airy’s Function of Stress. In: Bd. 2 (1869), S. 58 
 Remarks on the preceding Paper (: The Vena Contracta). In: Bd. 3 (1871), S. 6 
 On the Displacement in a Case of Fluid Motion. In: Bd. 3 (1871), S. 82 
 Remarks on the Mathematical Classification of Physical Quantities. In: Bd. 3 (1871), S. 224 
 On the Condition that, in the Transformation of any Figure by Curvilinear Coordinates in Three Dimensions, every Angle in the new Figure shall be equal to the corresponding Angle in the original Figure. In: Bd. 4 (1873), S. 117 
 On the Theory of a System of Electrified Conductors, and other Physical Theories involving Homogeneous Quadratic Functions. In: Bd. 4 (1873), S. 334 
 On the Focal Lines of a Refracted Pencil. In: Bd. 4 (1873), S. 337 
 On the Application of Hamilton’s Characteristic Function to the Theory of an Optical Instrument symmetrical about its axis. In: Bd. 6 (1875), S. 117 
 On Hamilton’s Characteristic Function for a Narrow Beam of Light. In: Bd. 6 (1875), S. 182 
 On the Electrical Capacity of a long narrow Cylinder, and of a Disk of sensible Thickness. In: Bd. 9 (1878), S. 94 

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
 On the Description of Oval Curves, and those having a plurality of Foci . In: Bd. 2 (1851), S. 89 
 On Theories of the Constitution of Saturn’s Rings. In: Bd. 4 (1862), S. 99 
 On the best Arrangement for producing a Pure Spectrum on a Screen. In: Bd. 6 (1869), S. 238 
 On Reciprocal Figures, Frames, and Diagrams of Forces. In: Bd. 7 (1872), S. 53 
 On a Bow seen on the Surface of Ice. In: Bd. 7 (1872), S. 69 

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
 On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. In: Bd. 15 (1867), S. 14 
 On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Bd. 15 (1867), S. 167 
 On the Theory of the Maintenance of Electric Currents by Mechanical Work without the use of Permanent Magnets. In: Bd. 15 (1867), S. 397 
 On Governors. In: Bd. 16 (1868), S. 270 
 On the Induction of Electric Currents in an Infinite Plane Sheet of uniform conductivity. In: Bd. 20 (1872), S. 160 
 On Double Refraction in a Viscous Fluid in motion. In: Bd. 22 (1873–1874), S. 46 
 On a Possible Mode of Detecting a Motion of the Solar System through the Luminiferous Ether . In: Bd. 30 (1879–1880), S. 108 

Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
 On the General Laws of Optical Instruments. In: Bd. 2 (1858), S. 233 
 On the Equilibrium of a Spherical Envelope. In: Bd. 8 (1867), S. 325 
 On the Cyclide. In: Bd. 9 (1868), S. 111 

Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
 On the Unequal Sensibility of the Foramen Centrale to Light of different Colours. In: Jg. 1856, S. 12 
 On a Method of Drawing the Theoretical Forms of Faraday’s Lines of Force without Calculation. In: Jg. 1856, S. 12 
 On the Theory of Compound Colours with reference to Mixtures of Blue and Yellow Light. In: Jg. 1856, S. 12 
 On an Instrument to illustrate Poinsôt’s Theory of Rotation. In: Jg. 1856, S. 27 
 On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Jg. 1859, S. 9 
 On the Mixture of the Colours of the Spectrum. In: Jg. 1859, S. 15 
 On an Instrument for exhibiting the Motions of Saturn’s Rings. In: Jg. 1859, S. 62 
 Experiments on the Value of v, the Ratio of the Electromagnetic to the Electrostatic Unit of Electricity. In: Jg. 1869, S. 434 
 Address (Mathematics and Physics Section). In: Jg. 1870, S. 1 
 On Hills and Dales. In: Jg. 1870, S. 17 
 On Colour-vision at different points of the Retina. In: Jg. 1870, S. 40 
 On the Final State of a System of Molecules in Motion subject to Forces of any kind. In: Jg. 1873, S. 29 
 On the Relation of Geometrical Optics to other Branches of Mathematics and Physics. In: Jg. 1873, S. 39 
 On the Application of Kirchhoff’s Rules for Electric Circuits to the Solution of a Geometrical Problem. In: Jg. 1874, S. 18 
 (mit  und ) Report of the Committee … for testing experimentally Ohm’s Law. In: Jg. 1876, S. 36 
 On the Protection of Buildings from Lightning. In: Jg. 1876, S. 43 

Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
 On the Transformation of Surfaces by Bending. In: Bd. 9 (1856), S. 445 
  On Faraday’s Lines of Force. In: Bd. 10 (1864), S. 27 
 On Boltzmann’s Theorem on the average distribution of energy in a system of material points. In: Bd. 12 (1879), S. 547 

Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts
 On the Theory of Colours in relation to Colour-Blindness. In: Bd. 4 (1856), S. 394 
 Description of a New Form of the Platometer, an Instrument for measuring the Areas of Plane Figures drawn on Paper. In: Bd. 4 (1856), S. 420 

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
 On the Theory of Rolling Curves. In: Bd. 16 (1849), S. 519 
 On the Equilibrium of Elastic Solids. In: Bd. 20 (1853), S. 87 
 Experiments on Colour, as perceived by the Eye, with remarks on Colour-Blindness. In: Bd. 21 (1857), S. 275 
 On a Dynamical Top, for exhibiting the phenomena of the motion of a system of invariable form about a fixed point, with some suggestions as to the Earth’s motion. In: Bd. 21 (1857), S. 559 
 On Reciprocal Figures, Frames, and Diagrams of Forces. In: Bd. 26 (1872), S. 1 
 Addition to the above Paper (: On Spectra formed by the passage of Polarised Light through Double Refracting Crystals). In: Bd. 26 (1872), S. 185 
 On the Geometrical Mean Distance of Two Figures on a Plane. In: Bd. 26 (1872), S. 729 

In deutscher Übersetzung:

Annalen der Physik

Herausgeber 

 Henry Cavendish:  The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. Edited from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. Cambridge: University Press, 1879 , , ; (Reprint) London: Frank Cass, 1967 
 Revised by Joseph Larmor (= The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, 1). Cambridge 1921

Sekundärliteratur 

 L. Campbell / W. Garnett: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell : With a selection from his correspondence and occasional writings and a sketch of his contributions to science. London: Macmillan and Co., 1882 , 
 New edition, abridged and revised. London 1884 

 

 R. T. Glazebrook: James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1896 , , 

 J. C. Poggendorff: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften, Band 3. Leipzig 1898, S. 889–890

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