Papers relating to Mr. Potter's Experiment

By William R. Hamilton

Three short papers by Hamilton were published in the Philosophical Magazine in 1833, which relate to an experiment by Mr. Potter. These papers are the following:---

The paper On the Effect of Aberration in prismatic Interference (Philosophical Magazine, 3rd Series, volume 2 (1833), pp. 191-194) is available here in the following formats:

The paper On the undulatory Time of Passage of Light through a Prism (Philosophical Magazine, 3rd Series, volume 2 (1833), pp. 284-287) is available here in the following formats:

The paper Note on Mr. Potter's Reply (Philosophical Magazine, 3rd Series, volume 2 (1833), p. 371) is available here in the following formats:


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