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