Quote#Time
Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three…
Quote byWilliam Rowan Hamilton · 1805–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted in Robert Percival Graves' "Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton" (3 volumes, 1882, 1885, 1889)).
English (original)
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 in this sense it has, or at least involves a reference to, four dimensions. And how the One of Time, of Space the Three, Might in the Chain of Symbols girdled be.
— William Rowan Hamilton
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