%0 Journal Article %A Archibald, Thomas %T From Attraction Theory to Existence Proofs: The Evolution of Potential-Theoretic Methods in the Study of Boundary-Value Problems, 1860-1890 %J Revue d'histoire des mathématiques %D 1996 %P 67-93 %V 2 %N 1 %I Société mathématique de France %U http://www.numdam.org/item/RHM_1996__2_1_67_0/ %G en %F RHM_1996__2_1_67_0