William Rowan Hamilton Plaque

historic site

Inscription
Here as he walked by on the 16th of October 1843 Sir William Rowan Hamilton in a flash of genius discovered the fundamental formula for quaternion multiplication i² = j² = k² = ijk = −1 & cut it on a stone of this bridge.
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5721:0021:58
September equinox07:1118:4119:26
December solstice08:3915:0116:09

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

53.37301, -6.29996

Elevation 35 m (modelled from terrain)

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