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Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "Investigation of the rival claims of Adams and LeVerrier to the discovery of the new planet Astraea [sic]" from The Mechanics Magazine. Published under the pseudonym "Exoniensis". [Neptune]

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "An account of observations undertaken in search of the planet discovered at Berlin on Sept. 23, 1846", from the Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 p.415. [Neptune]

"Historical note concerning the discovery of Neptune", from Copernicus, March 1882. On D'Arrest's part in the search for Neptune made in the Berlin Observatory. Copy made for MacAlister's biography.

"Extract from Report of the Council of the General Annual Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society held 12th Feby. 1847" Copied from Monthly Notices of the RAS, Vol. 7 No. 12 p 214-217. On the award of the RAS's Gold Medal for the discovery of Neptune. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.

Enclosing copy of letter, Greenhill to MacAlister (41/16/2).