Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
- Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/7/7
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- 8 Apr. 1821-8 Apr. 1895 (No year given.)
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
Mistake in Plana.
Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895) mathematician
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
Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
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 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
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
In French. Latitude of the moon, mainly Plana.
Delaunay, Charles-Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Plana/Pontecoulant controversy. Relevant passage from C14 source.
Haydon, Frank Scott (1822-1887) record scholar
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
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Tables of moon. Delaunay. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion: letters of Plana. Letters of Airy and Whewell to return to JWL.
Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Hansen's prize [from the Admiralty for work on the moon]. Secular inequality of the Moon's mean motion: Plana.
Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker