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John Hendry. James Clerk Maxwell and the Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. Boston: Adam Hilger Ltd. (1986), xix + 305 pp., $67.00.

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Margaret Morrison
Margaret Morrison*
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University of Toronto
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 505 - 507
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Copyright © 1991 The Philosophy of Science Association

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