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Herschel3637

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[5 March 1841]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:192
Summary:

Requests autographed copy of WH's sister's poems, wanting to send them to an acquaintance who translated some of JH's work. Expresses a theory about cause and effect. Mentions minutes of Royal Irish Academy, a reform of the constellations, and WH's three axes of the universe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3862

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1841]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Considering motion as a 'successive excitement of powers.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3630

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[24 March 1841]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:194
Summary:

On mode of conveyance of WH's sister's verses and the autographs for JH's acquaintance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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