From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/576, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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JH's copy of Apollonius's work on conic sections was given to Francis Baily. [P. L. M. de] Maupertuis's letter to [James] Bradley is 'real prize.' Comment on AD's puns. Finds W. R. Hamilton's Quaternions 'horribly metaphysical.'