St John‘s College Personal Collections

Parlous state of national affairs. Encloses diagram comparing F.B's ballistics tables with those of Krupps (missing: possibly table with F.B. to J.C.A. of 25 Oct.1881. Box 3/14/2) J.J.Sylvester in Nature, on matrices.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

A.Ls.s., from AC to JJS

Sylvester/Box 2-7/Box 4-7/Folder 1- 2
File
12 October 1851–19 November 1887 (Some undated)

Part of Papers of James Joseph Sylvester

All on mathematical subjects, apart from final 3 enquiring about JJS's health.

Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895) mathematician

Copy of letter to J.J. Sylvester

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/16/1
Item
27 Apr. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of copy of paper on Newton and Campbell. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is JCA's own.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Letters to JJS

Sylvester/Box 2-7/Box 2-3 Folder 2-9
Subseries
1844–1906

Part of Papers of James Joseph Sylvester

Letters mainly from mathematicians.

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/4/3
Item
17 Feb. (No year given.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Written from Hampstead. Aurora Borealis. [Smith's Prize questions] Method of Sylvester for partition of numbers [Ferrers Graphs.?] Riddles. Paper on Motion of Sphere with fluid centre, retardation of earth. Still with Stokes. Thomson. Opinion of Stokes.

Rohrs, John Henry (fl 1868-1869)

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