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[[File:Edinburgh University 1827.jpg|left|thumb|Old College, Universitato de Edinburgo]]
Maxwell leftlasis thela AcademyAkademion inen 1847 at ageestante 16-jaraĝa kaj andkomencis beganĉeesti attendingen classesklasoj aten thela [[Universitato de Edinburgo]].<ref name="Harman_p 662">{{harvnb|Harman|2004|p=662}}</ref> HeLi hadhavis theoportunon opportunityĉeesti toen attend thela [[Universitato de Kembriĝo]], butsed decideddecidis , afterpost hissia firstunua termlernotempo , tokompletigi completela thetutan fullkursaron course ofde hissia undergraduatesubgradigaj studiesstudoj aten EdinburghEdinburgo . TheEn academicla staffakademia ofstabanaro thede Universityla includedUniversitato someestis highlytre regardedgravaj namesfiguroj ; hisinter firstla yeartutoroj tutorsde includedlia [[Sirunua Williamlernojaro Hamilton,estis 9th Baronet|SirSiro [[ William Hamilton]], who lecturedkiu himlekciis onpri [[logiko]] andkaj [[metafiziko]], [[Philip Kelland]] onpri mathematicsmatematiko , andkaj [[James David Forbes|James Forbes]] onpri [[natura filozofio]].<ref name="oxford_506"/> HeLi didtrovis notsiajn findklasojn hisen classesla atUniversitato thene Universitytro demandingpostulemaj ,<ref>{{harvnb|Tolstoy|1982|p=46}}</ref> andkaj wasanstataŭe thereforeli ableenirigis tosin immerseen himselfprivata instudado privatedum studyla duringlibera freetempo timeen atla the University andUniversitato particularlykaj whenpartikulare backreveninte homehejmem aten Glenlair.<ref>{{harvnb|Campbell|1882|p=64}}</ref> ThereTie heli wouldeksperimentis experimentper withimprovizita improvised chemicalkemia , electric,elektra andkaj magneticmagnetisma apparatusaparataro , howevertamen hisliaj chiefĉefaj concernsinteresoj regardedrigardis theal propertiesla ofproprecoj de [[polarized lightPolarizado |polarisedpolarizita lightlumo ]].<ref>{{harvnb|Mahon|2003|pp=30–31}}</ref> He constructedLi shapedkonstruis blocksblokojn ofel [[gelatinogelateno ]] de specifaj formoj , subjectedkaj themsubmetis toilin variousal diversaj [[stressStreĉo (physicsmekaniko )|stressesstreĉoj ]], andkaj withper aparo pair ofde [[Nicol prismPolarizado |polarisingpolarizigaj prismsprismoj ]] givenhavigita toel himli byde [[William Nicol (inventor)|William Nicol]], viewedvidis thela colouredkolorajn fringesrandojn thatkiuj hadestis developeddisvolviĝintaj withinen thela jellygelateno .<ref>{{harvnb|Timoshenko|1983|p=58}}</ref> ThroughPere thisde practicetiu hepraktiko discoveredli [[fotoelasteco]]malkovris fotoelastecon , whichkio isestas arimedo meansdetermini ofla determiningdistribuadon thede stressstreĉoj distributionene withinde physicalfizikaj structuresstrukturoj .<ref>{{harvnb|Russo|1996|p=73}}</ref>
At age 18, Maxwell contributed two papers for the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh|Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. One of these, "On the Equilibrium of Elastic Solids", laid the foundation for an important discovery later in his life, which was the temporary [[double refraction]] produced in [[viscosity|viscous]] liquids by [[shear stress]].<ref>{{harvnb|Timoshenko|1983|pp=268–278}}</ref> His other paper was "Rolling Curves" and, just as with the paper "Oval Curves" that he had written at the Edinburgh Academy, he was again considered too young to stand at the rostrum to present it himself. The paper was delivered to the Royal Society by his tutor Kelland instead.<ref>{{harvnb|Glazebrook|1896|p=23}}</ref>
