My brother had been urging me for some time to try to get Hamilton 's papers republished in a collected edition, and this project was a matter of common interest to Conway and me. Conway was an expert in quaternions but neither he nor I at that time knew much about Hamilton 's earliest work - the theory of rays.
Ang aking kapatid na lalaki had been urging ako para sa ilang oras para subukan upang makakuha ng Hamilton 's papeles muli sa isang nakolekta edition, at proyektong ito ay isang bagay ng mga karaniwang interes sa Conway at ako. Conway ay isang eksperto sa quaternions ngunit maging siya at hindi rin ako sa oras na iyon, alam ng marami tungkol sa Hamilton 's earliest trabaho - ang teorya ng ekis.