St John‘s College Personal Collections

Juvenile papers

Adams/Box 23/15/1-2
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1819-1839 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Elementary mathematical notebook, incomplete and lacking covers. Notes on a gathering of paper on Book-keeping.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Juvenile papers

Adams/Box 23/17/1-12
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1819-1839

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Notes on mathematical topics, including collections of formulae and worked problems.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter signed to the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/48/5
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Appeal for funds for scholarsips for women at Cambridge.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to unknown recipient

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/22/2-3
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Two copies of "dictated letter". JCA calculating the Gaussian constants of Terrestrail Magnetism. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of paper

Adams/Box 39/18/3
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"Card trick & solution by Profr. Adams." Same trick as at 39/18/2. Explanation at end in JCA's hand.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of paper

Adams/Box 39/18/4
Item
1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"I think it highly desirable that we should endeavour to awaken an interest in the study of the physical sciences..." . Probably evidence given by JCA to the Science Commission.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of paper

Adams/Box 39/18/5
Item
1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Unidentified scrap of mathematics. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autobiographical sketch, in JCA's own hand

Adams/Box 42/1/1
Item
1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph paper

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 25/13/1
Item
1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"that is of course I refer to Libra..." Fragment of something larger, explaining some lines of Chaucer. See correspondence with WW Skeat (Box 14/5) and F.J.Furnivall (Box 7/14 and 16/25).

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph paper

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 25/15/4
Item
1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"Institutions & Individuals to whom my papers are to be sent...".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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