St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 20/20/18/4
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1839-1842 (Undated.)

"Arrangement of my Time during the Vacation" [does not specify the year, but must be 1839 - 1842, judging by references to undergraduate study]

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Juvenile papers

Adams/Box 23/17/1-12
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1819-1839

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Notes on mathematical topics, including collections of formulae and worked problems.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Juvenile papers

Adams/Box 23/4/1-12
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1819-1839 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Notes, tables and calculations on the planets, including Uranus.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Diary entries 1878

Adams/Box 39/10/4
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3 Jan. 1878-12 Oct. 1878

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 34/7/fol.93-94
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20 Mar. 1854

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Eclipse of Thales. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Francis Bashforth

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 35/28/1
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13 Dec. 1881

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Original at 4/18/2. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to Thomas Adams

Adams/Box 16/3/1
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20 Dec. 1841

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has retained his position in College examinations. Discussion of the results.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to Frances Harrison

Adams/Box 16/33/3
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28 Feb. 1883

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has found large error in FH's calculations, due to a wrong value used in the formula.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to Frances Harrison

Adams/Box 16/31/3
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30 June 1881

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Gives comments on last batch of mathematical working received.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to Frances Harrison

Adams/Box 16/34/1
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25 July 1884

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses some work for FH to do [missing]. Instructions given.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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