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Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/25/1
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2 Jan. 1889

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses certificate in support of Mr. Roberts, [missing] for circulation to Darwin and Glaisher.

Perry, Stephen Joseph (1833-1889) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 30-32/Box 32/1/4
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19 May 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In French. Subscription to Adams Memorial Committee.

Souillart, C (fl 1878-1893)

Copy of letter to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/31/3
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6 May 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Other copies at 36/31/2 and 24/47/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/31/4
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8 Mar. 1908

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Refusing invitation to dinner with the RAS Club.

Hennessey, John Bobanau Nickerlieu (1829-1910) surveyor

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 28/15/1
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8 May 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Glaisher's memoir of JCA. Airy and Neptune controversy. Biographical information about JCA, for MacAlister's biography.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/35/3
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20 Sep. 1877

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In French. Enclosed with J.W.L.Glaisher to J.C.A. 29 Sep.1877. Requesting information on J.C.A's work on Bernoulli numbers

Lucas, E (fl 1877-1878)

Autograph letter signed to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 30-32/Box 32/6/1
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24 Jan. 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Proposal for Adams memorial.

Taylor, Charles (1840-1908) Hebrew scholar and Master of St John's College, Cambridge

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 29/14/4
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1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Glaisher's Biographical Memoir of JCA. Enclosed with EA to DM, Box 29/14/3.

Spencer, Edward (b 1818)

Copy of letter to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/47/1
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6 May 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Correction to be made to JWLG's [Presidential] address [for RAS] about JCA, in favour of Airy's work on the motion of the planets.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/41/3
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23 Feb. 1885

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has Glaisher been asked about the logarithm tables? Request for details of the minutes of the Roman and Washington Conference on Universal Time [Prime Meridian Conference]. Uses of universal time and merits of the American proposal.

Tennant, J F (fl 1884-1892)

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