Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865)
David R. Wilkins (ed.): Mathematical papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton published during his lifetime, The Electronic Library of Mathematics, Classical Works, Selecta, and Opera Omnia [webpage]
Introducing the quaternions:
William Rowan Hamilton: On Quaternions, or on a new System of Imaginaries in Algebra, Copy of a Letter from Sir William R. Hamilton to John T. Graves, Philosophical Magazine 25 (1844) 489-495 [pdf]
William Rowan Hamilton: On a new Species of Imaginary Quantities connected with a theory of Quaternions, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 2 (1844) 424-434 [pdf]
William Rowan Hamilton: On Quaternions; or on a new System of Imaginaries in Algebra, Philosophical Magazine xxv (1844) - xxxvi (1850) [pdf]
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