Dunsink Observatory

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Address:
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Ireland
Fax:
01 8387090

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The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in approximately 1785 in the town of Dunsink near the city of Dublin, Ireland. Its most famous director was William Rowan Hamilton, who, amongst other things, discovered quaternions, the first non-commutative algebra, while strolling from the observatory into the centre of the city with some friends and his wife. He is also renowned for his ...

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