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I understand that Maxwell's Electromagnetic ether metaphor was a matrix of
coupled springs (vortices) of great stiffness.
He was said to have dismantled the scafolding of his model before
publishing the equations. He knew no vector algebra - so the equations
amounted ( if I recall) to seven, collected from the experimental work of
the electrical pioneers.
From Franklin & MacNutt op. cit: