I am very busy going over Homer and Virgil, and some other books, and have advanced a good deal in science. I have made a kind of epitome of Algebra in my large album. I am reading a little italian in order to study the notes of a italian reading that uncle has, and read Clairaut's Algebra [C. 31] in French (Graves 82-89, vol. 1, p. 54).
Graves (Robert Perceval), Life of sir William Rowan Hamilton, 3 vol., Dublin, 1882-1889.
Courcelle (Olivier), « 14 août 1818 (1) : Hamilton écrit à son père », Chronologie de la vie de Clairaut (1713-1765) [En ligne], http://www.clairaut.com/n14aout1818po1pf.html [Notice publiée le 23 avril 2013].