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Autograph letter signed to A. Cayley

Adams/Box 16/10/3
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10 Apr. (No year given.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Probably the reply to 6/7/7 of 10 Apr. [no year]. Reply to question about Plana.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/12/1
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5 May 1856

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana's corrections to J.C.A's Secular Equation of the Moon's Longitude.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to W. De La Rue

Adams/Box 16/13/2
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18 Jan. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. [JCA's comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS] Theory of moon: where work of Plana and Damoiseau is incorrect and how it might be improved. Errors of Hansen's ditto. Plana's original reception of JCA's theory of the moon.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to W. De La Rue

Adams/Box 16/13/5
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13 Feb. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS to JCA. Whether a quotation from Herschel should be included. Whether LeVerrier should be mentioned in light of his and Delaunay's part in the controversy over the secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Accuracy of Hansen's and Plana's theories. Encloses copy of Delaunay's letter.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/14/1
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24 Mar. 1857

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Another draft for same letter at 16/14/2. See 36/16/1 for French translation, of same letter. Acknowledgement of offer of corresponding membership of [French] Academy of Sciences. Sends offprints of published papers. Description of work forthcoming. Defence of work on lunar theory against Plana.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/14/2
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25 Mar. 1857

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

[second draft of 16/14/1] Acknowledgement of offer of corresponding membership of [French] Academy of Sciences. Sends offprints of published papers. Description of work forthcoming. Defence of work on lunar theory against Plana.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/15/3
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10 Apr. 1856

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana's letter; motion of the moon. JCA's defence. 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 37/15/4
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8 May 1856

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana's agreement with JCA. Motion of moon. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/16/3
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6 May 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of CD's complete formula for the secular acceleration of the moon. Comparison of formula with Plana's mistakes.

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

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