Clerk Maxwell's “Devil on Two Sticks”

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 31 May 1883 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 28, pages 104-104 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Lane, Denny;

doi: 10.1038/028104c0

Clerk Maxwell's “Devil on Two Sticks”

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IN the very interesting life of Clerk Maxwell which has lately appeared there are frequent references to a philosophical toy, from which he seemed to derive endless amusement. He calls it the “devil on two sticks.” Can you give your readers any account of it? The editors take it for granted that the apparatus is well known, but I cannot find any one here who can tell me what it is.

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