in Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, v.51,p. 400 Rev N. M. Ferres (1895) Preview of Octonions, Proceedings of the Royal Society 59: 169, weblink from Archive.org. External links Bruce Scott (1986) McAulay, Alexander (1863 – 1931) from Australian Dictionary of Biography. 1863 births 1931 deaths British physicists 19th-century British mathematicians 19th-century Australian mathematicians 20th-century Australian mathematicians Historical treatment of quaternions