Did James Clerk Maxwell Ever Draw a Picture of an Electromagnetic Wave?

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The discussion centers on whether James Clerk Maxwell ever drew a picture of an electromagnetic wave in his notebooks. Participants express interest in identifying the first visual representation of perpendicular sinusoidal electric and magnetic waves. Heinrich Hertz is suggested as the likely first to draw such a wave in the 1880s, while Oliver Heaviside is mentioned for his contributions to vector calculus and Maxwell's laws. There is some confusion regarding the name Heaverstead, which is corrected to Heaviside. The conversation highlights the quest for early visual depictions of electromagnetic waves.
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Did James Clerk Maxwell Ever Draw a Picture of an Electromagnetic Wave in any of his notebooks?

Who was the first one to draw one? Would love to find the first picture representing it all!

I am looking for the first example of a drawing looking like this showing the perpendicular sinusoidal E & M waves of a propagating photon:

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/electromagnetic/electromagneticjavafigure1.jpg

https://www.google.com/search?q=ele...niv&sa=X&ei=kmdeVNJg0M-IAtrEgJAH&ved=0CDgQsAQ

Thanks!

Who was the first one to draw one? Would love to find the first picture representing it!

Or at least an early one.

:)
 
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It was probably Heinrich Hertz in the 1880's.
 
Thanks! Does anyone else have any ideas regarding this? Thanks! :)
 
My vote is Oliver heaverstead who made vector calculus and made maxwell's laws into what they are today. But don't have proof.
 
Cool4Kat said:
Oliver heaverstead

I think you mean Oliver Heaviside.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
I think you mean Oliver Heaviside.
I think you are right. Sorry about that!
 
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