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 A. Cayley
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
Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Letter of introduction for Pierce. Plana convinced of JCA's and CD's expression of the secular acceleration of moon's mean motion. Hansen and LeVerrier might yet be convinced.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Another copy of 16/19/2. Authorisation for CD to publish JCA's expression of coefficient of principal term of the latitude [of the moon?]. Adds equation for principal inequality of the true latitude, and comparisons with Plana and Pontecoulant's results.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock
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 W. De La Rue
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
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
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
See 36/18/2 for French translation. Sends copies of reply to Pontecoulant, Plana etc: one for CD personally, one for the French Academy of Sciences.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
See 16/19/3 for another copy. Authorisation for CD to publish JCA's expression of coefficient of principal term of the latitude [of the moon?]. Adds equation for principal inequality of the true latitude, and comparisons with Plana and Pontecoulant's results.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Mistake in Plana.
Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895) mathematician
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
In French. Latitude of the moon, mainly Plana.
Delaunay, Charles-Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician