-Maxwell's first assumption is that a static magnetic field, in fact, its waves, and magnetic waves, works as a whole at high speed through the middle thus forming an electromagnetic wave.

-Maxwell's second assumption is that the movement of electromagnetic waves is not conditioned by any medium through which it would move. That it can propagate in a vacuum and that the speed of movement of electromagnetic waves is proportional to the speed of light.

Maxwell predicted that:

1. Electromagnetic waves (as the name suggest) are a combination of both electricity and magnetism.

2. Electromagnetic waves do not require a particle medium to travel.