St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 5/55/5
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8 Mar. 1889

Application for grant for Observatory. Wishes information as provided previous year to forestall objections by G.B. Airy.

Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918) master of Trinity College, Cambridge

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/58/1
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4 Dec. 1865

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses copy of letter from G.B.Airy (30 Nov.1865) on Adams, Delaunay and the lunar theory.

De La Rue, Warren (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/6/fol.33
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23 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.42, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853) physicist

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/6/fol.34-36
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23 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.43-45, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (1811-1877) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 34/6/fol.83-85
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23 June 1853

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/7/2
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12 June 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana/Pontecoulant controversy. The Astronomer Royal.

Haydon, Frank Scott (1822-1887) record scholar

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/7/fol.42
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29 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.51, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (1811-1877) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 34/7/fol.90
Item
26 Nov. 1853

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 34/7/fol.97-99
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28 Mar. 1854

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.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/72/2
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10 Apr. 1879

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Reason for resignation of Astronomer Royal from Council of RAS, over Sadler's paper. Need for reform of Council. JCA's opinion sought.

Dunkin, Edwin (1821-1898) astronomer

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