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Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/41/1
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5 May 1869

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Leverrier and Chasles. Newton papers; Lord Portsmouth.

Hirst, Thomas Archer (1830-1892) mathematician

Le Figaro, 5 Aug. 1877

Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/1/2
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5 Aug. 1877

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

With obituary of U.J.J. Le Verrier.

Le Figaro

Typescript letter signed to W.M. Smart

Adams/Box 42/19/6
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13 Feb. 1948

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comments on Smart's essay on JCA. Anecdotes of JCA and LeVerrier.

Chandrasethna, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995) astrophysicist

Adams/Box 42/13
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1946 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Notes on Adams, Le Verrier, Airy, Challis.

Smart, William Marshall (1889-1975) astronomer

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/2/1
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26 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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]

Jerwood, James (1797-1877)

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

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 37/12/1
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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 U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/11/2
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15 Jan. 1876

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Announcement of award of RAS medal to UJJL. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. This particular copy possibly JCA's own.

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

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