Good old Maxwell!: London 1882-86
Oliver went on ploughing his lonely furrow, examining electrical circuits from all angles and writing up the results for publication. Sometimes he reported on experiments, for example giving admirably clear guidance on the use of carbon contacts in microphones, but most of the papers were theoretical and packed with mathematics of ever-increasing complexity. His well of inspiration was full and his main concern was to find enough outlets for the words and symbols that poured from his pen. By his thirtieth birthday he had published fifteen papers but they were spread rather haphazardly among five different journals. This way, he was able to keep the traffic flowing without serious log-jams but he could never be sure that successive papers with a common theme would appear in the same journal. Then events took a happy turn. In September 1882 he had a letter from C.H.W. Biggs, editor of The Electrician.
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