Cavendish Professor of Physics However, it was poorly advertised, so it was only to his students that he laid out his plans for physics at Cambridge. When Maxwell began the actual course a few days later with a lecture on heat, it was attended by academics in formal dress, in the belief that it was the first lecture. Maxwell spent the next three years supervising the construction of the dedicated Cavendish Laboratory, and published in 1873 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Maxwell's health deteriorated a short time into his tenure, and he died in 1879, aged 48. Lord Rayleigh replaced Maxwell immediately upon
Departments of the ITMO University cardiac devices, and wide-angle lenses are among some of the major achievements of this faculty. In 1934, the first scientific research laboratory was set up as part of the Department of Optical Glass Technology. The lab was useful in developing methods that eventually relieved the country from importing costly abrasives from the United States. By order of the dated 5 May 1946, the Faculty of Physics and Engineering prepared specialists in the area of physical optics, electronics, medical imaging and nucleur physics. During the period from 1946 to 1955, there were six graduations, the first one in 1950 with 24