From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1846]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:
Elated that WH's account of the generation of an ellipsoid is an original result.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Elated that WH's account of the generation of an ellipsoid is an original result.
Sends some new theorems concerning undisturbed parabolic motion; believes that much remains to be discovered in this field.
Sends some results concerning undisturbed parabolic motion. Laments the Irish famine.
The equatorial on the Dublin Observatory dome needs improvement. In the last fifty-two months, WH has seen three new planets: Neptune, Iris, and Flora.
WH notes that quaternions derive some interesting results in problems with three moving bodies.