St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 30-32/Box 30/1/5
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23 May 1895

Typescript report of the meeting in the Jerusalem Chamber and unveiling of medallion in the Abbey, dated Saturday 23 [May 1895]. (This conflicts with the date given by JWL Glaisher in his "Biographical Memoir" in Vol. 1 of the Collected Papers.)

MS eulogy of Adams's achievements "This year 1895, which was the completion of the scheme for commemorating Professor Adams...". Probably the words spoken by the Master of SJC on the same occasion.

Adams Memorial Committee

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/5/1
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May 1847

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)

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/4/1
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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

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/2/1
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26 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "Investigation of the rival claims of Adams and LeVerrier to the discovery of the new planet Astraea [sic]" from The Mechanics Magazine. Published under the pseudonym "Exoniensis". [Neptune]

Jerwood, James (1797-1877)

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/3/1
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13 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "An account of observations undertaken in search of the planet discovered at Berlin on Sept. 23, 1846", from the Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 p.415. [Neptune]

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Typescript copy of letter to the Editor of the Standard, in reply to letter of J.F. Tennant

Adams/Box 40/1/3
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13 May 1895

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Made for MacAlister's biography of Adams.

MacAlister, Sir Donald (1854-1934) 1st Baronet, physician and medical administrator

Typescript copy of paper

Adams/Box 42/6/2
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1 Feb. 1882

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"Historical note concerning the discovery of Neptune", from Copernicus, March 1882. On D'Arrest's part in the search for Neptune made in the Berlin Observatory. Copy made for MacAlister's biography.

Dreyer, John Louis Emile (1852-1926) astronomer

Typescript copy of report

Adams/Box 39/13/1
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12 Feb. 1847

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

Typescript letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 11/34/3
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14 Nov. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Opinion on distribution of unpublished copies of planetary work.

Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909) astronomer

Typescript letter signed to St John's College Library

Adams/Box 27/1/1
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4 Nov. 1996

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Letter accompanying gift of papers (now Box 27) to SJC.

Royal Aeronautical Society

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