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i Front Pages (Prefaces and Acknowledgements)

ii Abbreviations

iii Genealogical Tables

1 INTRODUCTION

2 JAMES CLERK MAXWELL’S LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

3 THE EARLY CLERKS OF PENICUIK

4 THE BARON (Sir John Clerk 2^nd Baronet)

5 WILLIAM CLERK AND AGNES MAXWELL

6 THE MAXWELLS

7 AGNES MAXWELL AND JAMES LEBLANC

8 THE FIRST CLERK MAXWELLS

9 THE SUCCESSORS OF GEORGE AND DOROTHEA