St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/1/1
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2 Feb. 1847

Personal. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/47/2
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25 Mar. 1847

Incomplete. Probably a draft. Acknowledgement of copy of JFWH's paper on perturbations of planets and comets. Outlines a point where he disagrees with JFWH's work.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/1/2
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31 Dec. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Personal. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/1/3
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17 May 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune and Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/1/4
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6 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/2/1
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24 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's draft at 16/36/1. Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter signed to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/36/1
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24 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Planetary motion - [Neptune? moon?]. JCA less pleased with LeVerrier's second solution than his first. Note in JCA's hand "a much enlarged copy sent".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter to Richard Sheepshanks or J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/59/1
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25 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. Addressee not identified: probably either Sheepshanks or Herschel. JCA gives permission for note refuting Pierce to be sent. Origin of the value of mean distance of Neptune, used in calculations of perturbations of Uranus.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/2/2
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1 Apr. 1851

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Mr Hind. JCA's pension. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter to J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/37/1
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6 Dec. 1851

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. See transcript of complete version. Airy's paper on the eclipse given at meeting of RAS. Description of JCA's view of the eclipse.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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