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Quaternions and the Algebra of Vectors

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MY remark about Prof. Willard Gibbs was meant in all courtesy, and I am happy to find it so taken by him. The question between us, being thus a scientific one only, can afford to wait for a fortnight or so:—until my present examination reason is past.

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TAIT, P. Quaternions and the Algebra of Vectors. Nature 43, 535 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043535c0

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