From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 May 1838]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:
Congratulates JH on his successful Cape Town enterprise.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Congratulates JH on his successful Cape Town enterprise.
Comments and expands on James MacCullagh's paper on laws of reflection and polarization in crystals.
Pleased that the Royal Irish Academy awarded its Science Medal to James MacCullagh for his paper on the "Laws of Crystalline Reflexion and Refraction;" he deems MacCullagh's essay superior to WH's "On Algebra as the Science of Pure Time.","L
Miss Caroline Herschel has just been elected an honorary member of the Academy. How shall they forward the diploma?