| James Clerk Maxwell - MSN Encarta (1708 words) |
 | Maxwell drew an analogy between the behavior of the lines of force and the flow of a liquid, deriving equations that represented electric and magnetic effects. |
| Maxwell's other major contribution to physics was to provide a mathematical basis for the kinetic theory of gases, which explains that gases behave as they do because they are composed of particles in constant motion. |
| Maxwell built on the achievements of German physicist Rudolf Clausius, who in 1857 and 1858 had shown that a gas must consist of molecules in constant motion colliding with each other and with the walls of their container. |
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