Table of Contents

Volume I: Introduction Outline of the electromagnetic connections Appendix A The elements of vectorial algebra and analysis Theory of plane electromagnetic waves Appendix B Appendix B$^prime$ Volume II: Mathematics and the age of the earth Pure diffusion of electric displacement Appendix C Electromagnetic waves and generalised differentiation Generalised differentiation and divergent series Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Notes Volume III: Waves from moving sources Appendix J Appendix K Waves in the ether Some unpublished notes of Oliver Heaviside The Heaviside papers found at Paignton.