St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/2/1
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18 Feb. 1878

Acknowledgement of JCA's Smith's Prize Examination article "Essays" - on encouraging the general mathematical education of degree candidates.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 33/16/fol.38
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25 Jan. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/5/fol.80
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11 Apr. 1851

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Publication of planetary tables and theories as national project. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/9/fol.105
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5 May 1856

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/9/fol.108
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10 May 1856

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/11/fol.121
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30 Apr. 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to H.M. Butler

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/31/1
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15 Mar. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

GBA's opinion of the efficiency of the CO, and that its assistants are overpaid. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is one made for JCA at the time of writing of the letter.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to J.P. Gassiot

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/23/3
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15 Nov. 1864

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with E. Sabine to J.C. Adams (13/23/2). Kew O. magnetic observations: GBA concedes Kew's accuracy. (Gassiot Chairman of K.O.)

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to W. Whewell

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/44/1
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12 Apr. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In JCA's hand. Sends two equations from Hansen to explain the inequality of the moon's motion [missing]. Requests that JCA may be allowed to see the letter.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/3/2
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1 Feb. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Reply to J.C.A.'s of 29th. Comments on article in Mechanics Mag. Dec. 1846. Advises to wait for new observation of New Planet (Neptune) to measure its distance from sun, not to calculate. Thanks for further figures of position of planet. Does not favour Hansen's methods of calculation, nor LeVerrier's use of single observations. On the Lunar & planetary reductions calculated from Camb. Observatory

(See G.B.A. to J.C.A. 27 Mar.1851 for table of Saturn dated 1 Feb.1847).

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

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