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  • The theory I propose may therefore be called a theory of the Electromagnetic Field because it has to do with the space in the neighbourhood of the electric or magnetic bodies, and it may be called a Dynamical Theory, because it assumes that in the space there is matter in motion, by which the observed electromagnetic phenomena are produced.

    James Clerk Maxwell (2013). “The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. I”, p.527, Courier Corporation