St John‘s College Personal Collections

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/2/3
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19 Dec. 1851

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Description of solar eclipse, viewed from Norway. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/1/1
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2 Feb. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Personal. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir John Herschel (BA 1813), Slough

Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/14
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28 December 1827

Part of Papers of Arthur Carrighan

Declines offer of Plumian Chair of astronomy but is flattered by sentiments expressed. Herschel states that he is not sure whether he wants to concentrate solely on astronomy after he has completed his father's work on nebulae. He feels he is better as a private amateur than as a professor and also wishes to pursue other lines of work

Autograph letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/47/2
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25 Mar. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. Probably a draft. Acknowledgement of copy of JFWH's paper on perturbations of planets and comets. Outlines a point where he disagrees with JFWH's work.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/43/2
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1847 (Undated: year taken from content.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Request for more material for publication. Lassell's progress with satellite of Neptune. Check that Herschel has not done similar work. Report of Oxford meeting (of British Association).

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/50/2
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27 Jan. 1849

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Still waiting for abstract of Breen's paper. On the slow nature of Johnians: JCA and Herschel. Cannot imagine how Lord Palmerston can be so sharp.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/4/1
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27 Feb. 1882

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Herschel suggested in an article that comets might offer key to better understanding of gravity between planets and their satellites. JLS had corresponded with him on this subject. Possibility that the moon might have been projected into orbit from earth: effect this would have had on motion of both objects. Has any new work been done on this subject.

Sinclair, J L (fl 1882)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/5/1
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8 Jan. 1874

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

D'Arrest on nebulae. Superiority of method to Herschel. Rosse's observatory equipment.

Parsons, Laurence (1840-1908) 4th Earl of Rosse

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/25/3
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18 Dec. 1871

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledges information sent. Has Herschel's method of computing orbit of double star. E. Cronby of Halifax has supplied the star catalogues recommended.

Wilson, James Maurice (1836-1931) schoolmaster, astronomer and Anglican clergyman

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 8/28/1
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20 Mar. 1885

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Herschel Finite Differences. Babbage Functional Equations.

Griffin, William Nathaniel (1815-1892)

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