Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
- Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/30/1
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- 11 May 1859
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Encloses letter of introduction from Mr. Parker of Luffingcott. Enquiry: does the Moon's secular acceleration affect the time as well as the locality of ancient eclipses. Airy's paper on the Eclipses of Agathocles & Thebes. Effect of this on calculation of ancient chronology.
Savile, Bourchier Wrey (1817-1888) Church of England clergyman and theological writer