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- 2 June 1849
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Reply to JCA's of 12 May. Satellites of Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Lassell, William (1799-1880) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Reply to JCA's of 12 May. Satellites of Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Lassell, William (1799-1880) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Original at 14/38/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Tatham, Ralph (1778-1857)
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
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
"Extract from Report of the Council of the General Annual Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society held 12th Feby. 1847" Copied from Monthly Notices of the RAS, Vol. 7 No. 12 p 214-217. On the award of the RAS's Gold Medal for the discovery of Neptune. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Royal Astronomical Society
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Description of eclipse of 1851. Copied from MS. Printed in JCA "On the total eclipse of the Sun, 28 July 1851 as seen at Frederiksvaern", Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 21 (1852). Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Liveing, George Downing (1827-1924) chemist and university administrator
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of anonymous article on the discovery of Neptune in the North British Review Vol. 7 p.207, May 1847.
Unknown (000931)
Copy of draft of Chapters 1 and 2 of DM's biography of Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
In hand of Mrs A. Handbill for Mr Sleep's school attached to 40/4 sheet 6.
MacAlister, Sir Donald (1854-1934) 1st Baronet, physician and medical administrator
Miscellaneous rough notes and scraps for MacAlister's biography of Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
MacAlister, Sir Donald (1854-1934) 1st Baronet, physician and medical administrator
Autograph letter signed to the Archivist, St John's College
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Enclosing copy of George Adams's "Reminiscences of our family".
Harrison, Hilda M (fl 1977)
"Ancestors of the Adams family. Researches made by W.G. Adams"
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Copy made by Mrs A. for MacAlister's biography, and rough draft in hand of WGA.
Adams, William Grylls (1836-1915) scientist and university teacher