Brilliant Lives
by John W. Arthur
Second edition
Published by the author in 2024
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by
John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Copyright © John W. Arthur 2016, 2024
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i Front Pages (Prefaces and Acknowledgements)
2 JAMES CLERK MAXWELL’S LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE
3 THE EARLY CLERKS OF PENICUIK
4 THE BARON (Sir John Clerk 2nd Baronet)
5 WILLIAM CLERK AND AGNES MAXWELL
7 AGNES MAXWELL AND JAMES LEBLANC
9 THE SUCCESSORS OF GEORGE AND DOROTHEA
10 THE CLERKS OF ELDIN AND OTHER NOTABLE CLERKS
12 THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF EDINBURGH
13 DR THOMAS WEIR AND ANDERSON’S PATENT PILLS
15 JAMES CLERK MAXWELL’S SCOTTISH HOMES
