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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

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/7/3
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11 Oct. 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana/Pontecoulant controversy. Relevant passage from C14 source.

Haydon, Frank Scott (1822-1887) record scholar

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/7/2
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12 June 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana/Pontecoulant controversy. The Astronomer Royal.

Haydon, Frank Scott (1822-1887) record scholar

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/7/1
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10 Dec. 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana/Pontecoulant controversy.

Haydon, Frank Scott (1822-1887) record scholar

Adams/Box 18/7
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16 May 1855

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Astronomical notes, some dated 16 May 1855. Including "Errata in Pontecoulant's Theorie Analytique" "Errata in Plana's Theorie de la lune", "Errata in Damoiseau's Theorie de la lune". "Extract from Newton's MS used by Pemberton in preparation of 3rd ed. of Principia 16 May 1855", Various memoranda, "Extract from Sherburne's Catalogue of the most eminent Astronomers, Ancient and Modern. London, 1675".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/65/2
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23 Mar. 1862

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

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/44/1
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22 June 1860

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

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/43/5
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16 June 1860

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

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/43/4
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13 June 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Secular inequality of the Moon's mean motion. Plana and Pontecoulant.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/42/3
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6 Apr. 1858

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

The moon. Work completed by Delaunay. Seeks papers by JWL. JWL seeks corrections by JCA to paper of Plana to send.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

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