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Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/3/2
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27 Jan. 1890

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of copy of paper on Bernoulli's numbers. Progress of publication of work on projectiles.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/11/3
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15 Feb. 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses letters of JCA's. Comments on contemporary accounts of Airy and Challis of discovery of Neptune.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/14/1
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2 Apr. 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses another letter of JCA's. Pleased at formation of Memorial Committee. Comments on Neptune controversy.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/21/1
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9 Jan. 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Opinion on the controversy over Neptune.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/21/2
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12 May 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Recollections of JCA's visit to Norway c.1850. Acknowledgement of suggestion of tutor for FB's son.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/22/1
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30 May 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

News of unveiling of Truro memorial. Details of JCA's papers on trajectories and droplets. Opinion on Neptune controversy.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/28/1
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12 Mar. 1897

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Will be pleased to receive copy of Glaisher's "Memoir" from the Collected Papers. FB's opponents at Woolwich have been discredited and real use is being made of his work. Memories of JCA as an undergraduate.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/9/3
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4 Feb. 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Description of the history of FB's and JCA's friendship, from the earliest days as undergraduates.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 28/15/1
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8 May 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Glaisher's memoir of JCA. Airy and Neptune controversy. Biographical information about JCA, for MacAlister's biography.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 28/19/3
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16 May 1895

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Scientific priority: Neptune, and FB's work at Woolwich.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

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