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.
WH's theorems on ellipsoids are new to JH, but JH is unfamiliar with the field, so they may not actually be new. Wishes to master mathematics. Still working on Cape observations. Believes Neptune was almost an English discovery, and would have been well-named Minerva.