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Definition of Sir William Rowan Hamilton
1. Noun. Irish mathematician (1806-1865).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Literary usage of Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1883)
"Sir William Rowan Hamilton ON THE PROBLEM OF HIPPARCHUS. To the Editor of '
HERMATHENA.' MY DEAR SIR, Among the papers of Sir W. Rowan Hamilton which are in ..."
2. Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century by Alexander Macfarlane (1916)
"Sir William Rowan Hamilton* (1805-1865) WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON was born in Dublin,
Ireland, on the 3d of August, 1805. His father, Archibald Hamilton, ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"By Sir WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON, LL.D. fyc. Abstract of Formula. p = vector of
ray-velocity ; fi = index-vector, or vector of wave-slowness ; S^p= — 1, ..."
4. English Verse by William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard (1883)
"Sir William Rowan Hamilton. 1805—1865. A PRAYER. O brooding Spirit of Wisdom and
of Love ! Whose mighty wings even now ..."
5. English Verse by Richard Henry Stoddard (1884)
"... is flying : There's an urn beneath the shade By the olive branches made : The
olive boughs are sighing. Sir William Rowan Hamilton. 1805—1865. A PRAYER. ..."
6. Sonnets of this Century by William Sharp (1886)
"... xcv. is the second of two sonnets on Mante drawing of Judith, and is one of
several remai sonnets on pictures. No. xcix.-c. Sir William Rowan Hamilton ..."
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