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

Copy of letter to J.J. Sylvester

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/16/1
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27 Apr. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of copy of paper on Newton and Campbell. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is JCA's own.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to John Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/16/3
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4 Mar. 1861

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's copy at 16/44/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to John Wallop

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/19/1-2
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6 May 1876

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Devonshire dialect words, 2 copies. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/5/4-5
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20 Jan. 1876

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Corrections of Damoiseau's tables of Jupiter's satellites. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.T. Walker

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/18/1
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18 Oct. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Movements of telescopes due to heat from the observer's body. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is JCA's own.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 16/43/1
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25 Nov. 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comments on Pontecoulant's comments on JCA's work on the secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion. To be transmitted to Pontecoulant if JWL thinks proper.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock