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Adams/Box 24-26/Box 25/15/3
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

"Errata to be comm'd to M. LeVerrier...".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/43/2
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27 Oct. 1846

Imminent departure of Thomas for Tonga. Neptune: JCA likely to get some credit; French angry with situation. JCA writing to LeVerrier.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/12/1
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21 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Le Verrier's long inequality of Pallas. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/12/2
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26 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Le Verrier's long inequality of Pallas. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/12/3
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3 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Le Verrier's long inequality of Pallas. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter signed to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/36/1
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24 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Planetary motion - [Neptune? moon?]. JCA less pleased with LeVerrier's second solution than his first. Note in JCA's hand "a much enlarged copy sent".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/11/1
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20 Nov. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Right ascensions of the fundamentals of stars. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Notebook

Adams/Box 18/6
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Mar. 1854-Apr. 1854

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Astronomical notes, some dated Mar. 1854. "Comparison with Bouvard's Tables of Saturn with the formulae in the introduction." "Synoptic statement of the planetary masses employed by LeVerrier in various reseaches." "Mean motion & masses of the planets 8 Mar. 1854" "Calculation of the perturbations of Uranus by Neptune" "Calculation of the orbit of Comet 1856 from Cambridge Obsns. Apl. 1854".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/17/1
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9 Apr. 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See 36/18/1 for French translation. Acknowledgement of copies of CD's replies to LeVerrier's attacks on his theory of the moon. Nature of LeVerrier, Hansen's and Plana's errors. M. de Pontecoulant's letter in Monthly Notices of RAS. See 16/17/2 for another version of this letter.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/17/2
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9 Apr. 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. See 16/17/1 for another draft of same letter. See 36/18/1 for French translation. Acknowledgement of copies of CD's replies to LeVerrier's attacks on his theory of the moon. Nature of LeVerrier, Hansen's and Plana's errors. M. de Pontecoulant's letter in Monthly Notices of RAS.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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