St John‘s College Personal Collections

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/13/fol.136
Item
2 Feb. 1866

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 J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/13/fol.137
Item
5 Aug. 1878

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 J.H. Lefroy

Adams/Box 3/26/2
Item
20 Mar. 1869

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Copy of letter forwarded by G.B.A. to J.C.A. Bashforth's chronograph. Bashforth Committee. G.B.A's stressed resignation from Committee.

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

Copy of letter to J.H. Lefroy

Adams/Box 3/26/1
Item
11 Mar. 1869

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Copy of letter forwarded by G.B.A. to J.C.A. Bashforth's chronograph. Bashforth Committee. G.B.A's resignation from Committee.

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

Copy of letter to J.P. Gassiot

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/23/3
Item
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
Item
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

Copy of letter, incomplete, to Franke Parker

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/4/2
Item
1 Sep. 1855

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with F.P. to J.C.A. (12/4/1). Influence of JCA on GBA's paper on eclipses.

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

Letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/15/1
Item
12 May 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Practical arrangements for J.C.A. to observe Total Eclipse of 18th July in North Spain.

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

Letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/16/1
Item
22 May 1861

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Circular letter to members of Board of Visitors of R.G.O. offering to show observatory equipment to them.

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

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/4/1
Item
13 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "Account of some circumstances historically connected with the discovery of the planet exterior to Uranus", from the Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 p.385. [Neptune]

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

Narrow your results by:

Creator

Name

Showing 130 results