St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 33/14/fol.27-28
Item
8 Jan. 1847

Neptune. Letter from some members (unspecified) of the Royal Astronomical Society, asking for support against the name "LeVerrier" for the new planet. Marked as "not sent". Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Members of the Royal Astronomical Society

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 33/15/fol.29-31
Item
12 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

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

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 34/1/fol.52
Item
28 Feb. 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

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/38/3
Item
13 Mar. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Proceedings of previous day's meeting of R.A.S. Airy's objections to lack of accurate orbit [of Neptune]. Means of calculating that orbit. On the nature of scientific discovery. Regrets that JCA does not have means to exclude LeVerrier from a share in the credit of discovery of Neptune.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/4/1
Item
29 Apr. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Quotes extract from letter received from LeVerrier on previous observations of the planet.

JCA to write to Stratford on the name Uranus.

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

Autograph letter signed to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/25/2
Item
1 Nov. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In French. Enclosed with JRH to JCA 9/25/1. Determination of the orbit of the Satellites of Neptune. See also 13/43/1, Sheepshanks to JCA. Extract apparantly sent to JCA from LeVerrier via Lassell, Sheepshanks and Hind.

Struve, Otto Wilhelm (1819-1905) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/25/1
Item
30 Nov. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Satellites of Neptune: information from O.Struve, via LeVerrier.

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/43/1
Item
14 Dec. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Ephemeris of Neptune has been distributed. RAS medals. Has sent via Hind a copy of a letter from Struve to LeVerrier, forwarded via Lassell, to appear in the Comptes Rendus. Further work on Neptune: satellites. RAS to elect a number of foreign Associates: encloses list and asks for further suggestions.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Photograph of cartoon

Adams/Box 20/20/11/3
Item
1847 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Captioned "Decouverts nouvelles, caricatures par Cham". In L'illustration, journal universel. p456. [year not given] includes the caricature of Adams looking through telescope accross the channel at LeVerrier's notes. [Neptune]

de Noé, Charles Amédée (1818-1879) cartoonist

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