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> [Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions. ... The mathematical quaternion partakes of both these elements; in technical language it may be said to be 'time plus space', or 'space plus time': and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rowan-hamilton/time-is-said-to-have-only-one-dimension-and-space-to-have-three/)

William Rowan Hamilton

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## More by William Rowan Hamilton

> [I regard it as an inelegance, or imperfection, in quaternions, or rather in the state to which it has been hitherto unfolded, whenever it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rowan-hamilton/i-regard-it-as-an-inelegance-or-imperfection-in-quaternions-or-rather/)

William Rowan Hamilton

> [Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rowan-hamilton/who-would-not-rather-have-the-fame-of-archimedes-than-that-of-his/)

William Rowan Hamilton

> [Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions. ... The mathematical quaternion partakes of both these elements; in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rowan-hamilton/time-is-said-to-have-only-one-dimension-and-space-to-have-three/)

William Rowan Hamilton

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