Principal events in the story of the electromagnetic field
The apprentice : 1791-1813
A circular force : 1820-1831
A shadow of a speculation : 1840-1857
Faraday's last years : 1857-1867
What's the go o' that? : 1831-1850
Society and drill : 1850-1854
An imaginary fluid : 1854-1856
No jokes are understood here : 1856-1860
The speed of light : 1860-1863
The Cavendish : 1871-1879
The Maxwellians : 1850-1890
A new epoch : 1890 onward.