Did Maxwell pull a fast one? [Microwave Surfing]

This article deals with the explanation about the inner workings of a radiometer developed by the Victorian chemist Sir William Crookes. Crookes submitted a paper using differential radiation pressure to describe the device operation and was reviewed and accepted by Maxwell as an experimental vindication of radiation pressure predicted by his electromagnetic theory. However, it was noted that if the bulb had a perfect vacuum, the device would not work indicating that the gases inside played some role and not by radiation pressure. Osborne Reynolds offered the correct explanation in 1879 based on his "thermal transpiration" theory but did not publish a paper based on the theory upon Maxwell\´s criticism on Reynold\´s mathematical treatment of the subject. Osborne wanted to publish his protest against Maxwell\´s bias on the matter, but because of Maxwell\´s death, this was deemed inappropriate.