Page 30 - 2016Winter

Maxwell and Acoustics
Thomson. A recent demonstration of time-reversed water waves uses a related concept (Bacot et al., 2016; Marston, 2017). To some extent, Maxwell’s relationship with acousti- cal theory parallels his relationship with other areas of phys- ics: it reflects the depth and breadth of his thought, interests, and responsibilities.
Biosketch
Philip L. Marston, pictured here with his wife Trude, studied physics at Se- attle Pacific College and received a MS degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in physics from Stanford Univer- sity. Following postdoctoral research with Robert E. Apfel at Yale University,
he joined the faculty of Washington State University, Pull- man. He received the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Silver Medal in Physical Acoustics in 2003 and is a Fellow of the ASA and a Senior Member of the Optical Society of America.
References
Anonymous (Maxwell, J. C.). (1874). Review of the conservation of energy. Nature 9, 198-200.
Atkinson, E. (1890). Elementary Treatise on Physics. Longmans, London. Bacot, V., Labousse, M., Eddi, A., Fink, M., and Fort, E. (2016). Time re- versal and holography with spacetime transformations. Nature Physics 12,
972-977.
Beyer, R. T. (Ed.). (1984). Nonlinear Acoustics in Fluids. Van Nostrand, New
York.
Campbell, L., and Garnett, W. (1882). The Life of James Clerk Maxwell. Mac-
millan, London.
Flood, R., McCartney, M., and Whitaker, A. (Eds.). (2014). James Clerk
Maxwell: Perspectives on His Life and Work. Oxford University Press, Ox-
ford, UK.
Garber, E. (1978). Molecular science in late-nineteenth-century Britain.
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 9, 265-297.
Garber, E., Brush, S. G., and Everitt, C. W. F. (Eds.). (1986). Maxwell on
Molecules and Gases. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Garber, E., Brush, S. G., and Everitt, C. W. F. (Eds). (1995). Maxwell on Heat
and Statistical Mechanics. Lehigh University Press, Bethlehem, PA. Greenspan, M. (1965). Transmission of sound waves in gases at very low
pressures. Physical Acoustics 2A, 1-45.
Harman, P. M. (Ed.). (1990). The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk
Maxwell, Vol I: 1846-1862. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Harman, P. M. (Ed.). (1995). The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk
Maxwell, Vol. II: 1863-1873. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Harman, P. M. (Ed.). (2002). The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. III: 1874-1879. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
UK.
Hertz, H. (1893). Electric Waves. Macmillan, London.
Herzfeld, K. F., and Litovitz, T. A. (1959). Absorption and Dispersion of Ul-
trasonic Waves. Academic Press, New York.
Kox, A. J. (1990). H. A. Lorentz's contributions to kinetic gas theory. Annals
of Science 47, 591-606.
Kundt, A., and Warburg, E. (1876). Über die specifische Wärme des Queck-
silbergases. Annalen der Physik und Chemie 157, 353–369.
Lindsay, R. B. (Ed.) (1973). Acoustics. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross,
Stroudsburg, PA.
Lindsay, R. B. (Ed.) (1974). Physical Acoustics. Dowden, Hutchinson &
Ross, Stroudsburg, PA.
Marston, P. L. (2007). Maxwell and creation: Acceptance, criticism, and his
anonymous publication. American Journal of Physics 75, 731-740. Marston, P. L. (2016). James Clerk Maxwell: Life and science. Journal of
Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 178, 50-65.
Marston, P. L. (2017). Maxwell–Thomson–Loschmidt reversal. Nature
Physics 13, doi:10.1038/nphys3953.
Maxwell, J. C. (1860). Illustrations of the dynamical theory of gases. Philo-
sophical Magazine 19, 19-32; 20, 21-37.
Maxwell, J. C. (1865). A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field. Phil-
osophical Transactions of the Royal Society 155, 459–512.
Maxwell, J. C. (1866). On the viscosity or internal friction of air and other
gases. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 156, 249–268. Maxwell, J. C. (1867). On the dynamical theory of gases. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society 157, 49–88.
Maxwell, J. C. (1870). Mathematical and physical science. Nature 2, 419-422. Maxwell, J. C. (1871). Theory of Heat. Longmans, London.
Maxwell, J. C. (1873a). A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Oxford Uni-
versity Press, Oxford, UK.
Maxwell, J. C. (1873b). Molecules. Nature 8, 437-441.
Niven, W. D. (Ed). (1890). The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Preston, S. T. (1877). Mode of the propagation of sound and the physical
condition determining its velocity, on the basis of the kinetic theory of
gases. Philosophical Magazine (5th series) 3, 441-453.
Rankine, W. J. M. (1870). On the thermodynamic theory of waves of finite
longitudinal disturbance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
160, 277-288.
Rayleigh, J. W. S. (1877). The Theory of Sound. Macmillan, London. Rayleigh, J. W. S. (1964). Scientific Papers. Dover, New York.
Rushbrooke, G. S. (1949). Introduction to Statistical Mechanics. Oxford Uni-
versity Press, Oxford, UK.
Sommerfeld, A. (1952). Electrodynamics. Academic Press, New York. Stokes, G. G. (1868). On the communication of vibration from a vibrating
body to a surrounding gas. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
158, 447-463.
Strutt, J. W. (1871). On the theory of resonance. Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society 161, 77-118.
Strutt, R. J. (1924). Life of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh. Long-
mans, London.
Tyndall, J. (1874). Inaugural address. Nature 10, 309–319.
Waterston, J. J. (1858). On the theory of sound. Philosophical Magazine 16,
481-495.
Zhang, L., and Marston, P. L. (2016). Acoustic radiation force expressed
using complex phase shifts and momentum-transfer cross sections. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140, EL178-EL183.
28 | Acoustics Today | Winter 2016