Editing Maxwell's theorem (section)

== History ==
[[John Herschel]] proved the theorem in [[1850]].<ref>Herschel, J. F. W. (1850). Quetelet on probabilities. Edinburgh Rev., 92, 1–57.</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Bryc|1995|p=1}} quotes Herschel and "state[s] the Herschel-Maxwell theorem in modern notation but without proof". Bryc cites [[M. S. Bartlett]] (1934) "for one of the early proofs".</ref> Ten years later, [[James Clerk Maxwell]] proved the theorem in Proposition IV of his 1860 paper.<ref>See:

* Maxwell, J.C. (1860) [https://books.google.com/books?id=-YU7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 "Illustrations of the dynamical theory of gases. Part I. On the motions and collisions of perfectly elastic spheres,"] ''Philosophical Magazine'', 4th series, '''19''' : 19–32.
* Maxwell, J.C. (1860) [https://books.google.com/books?id=DIc7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21 "Illustrations of the dynamical theory of gases. Part II. On the process of diffusion of two or more kinds of moving particles among one another,"] ''Philosophical Magazine'', 4th series, '''20''' : 21–37.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gyenis |first=Balázs |date=February 2017 |title=Maxwell and the normal distribution: A colored story of probability, independence, and tendency toward equilibrium |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.01.001 |journal=Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics |volume=57 |pages=53–65 |doi=10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.01.001 |arxiv=1702.01411 |bibcode=2017SHPMP..57...53G |s2cid=38272381 |issn=1355-2198}}</ref>