On the Application of Quaternions to the Determination of the Distance of any recently discovered Comet or Planet from the Earth

By William R. Hamilton

A short communication by Hamilton entitled

On the Application of Quaternions to the Determination of the Distance of any recently discovered Comet or Planet from the Earth
was published in volume 4 of the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1850), p. 75.

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D.R. Wilkins
(dwilkins@maths.tcd.ie)
School of Mathematics
Trinity College, Dublin