From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[13 January 1829]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:34
Summary:
Was pleased to recently admit Capt. [Francis] Beaufort as WH's proxy in Astronomical Society.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Was pleased to recently admit Capt. [Francis] Beaufort as WH's proxy in Astronomical Society.
Expresses views on nature of exponential functions and defines terms that may have caused confusion in [J. T.] Graves's paper, which JH found unsatisfactory. Requests JH's reply.
Thanks WH for letter on [J. T.] Graves's paper [see WH's 1829-2-25]. Admits JH could be in error concerning Graves's doctrines, but will let mathematical world form its own opinion.