Papers relating to the Dynamics of Light

By William R. Hamilton

On the Propagation of Light in Vacuo and in Crystals

Hamilton delived two lectures, On the Propagation of Light in Vacuo and On the Propagation of light in Crystals, at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Newcastle in 1838. The relevant sections of the Report of this Meeting of the British Association are available in the following formats:

Researches on the Dynamics of Light

A paper by Hamilton entitled

Researches on the Dynamics of Light
was communicated to the Royal Irish Academy on January 14th and February 11th, 1839, and published in volume 1 of the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1841), pp. 267-270.

This paper is available in the following formats:

Researches respecting Vibration connected with the Theory of Light

A paper by Hamilton entitled

Researches respecting Vibration connected with the Theory of Light
was communicated to the Royal Irish Academy on June 24th, 1839, and published in volume 1 of the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1841), pp. 341-349.

This paper is available in the following formats:


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School of Mathematics
Trinity College, Dublin