Another friendship of real significance was that with Hamilton . Tait had read Hamilton 's Lectures on quaternions in 1853 while he was still at Cambridge but although the topic fascinated him he was more taken up with physical applications of mathematics at the time and did not pursue the topic at that stage.
Ibang friendship ng tunay na kahulugan ay na sa Hamilton. Tait had read Hamilton 's lektura sa quaternions sa 1853 habang siya ay pa rin sa Cambridge pero kahit na ang paksa nabighani sa kanya siya ay kinuha up ng higit pa sa pisikal na mga aplikasyon ng matematika at ang oras at hindi ituloy ang topic na yugto.