St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 3/7/3
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5 July 1866

Description of chronograph to be printed. Progress of experiments. Organisational obstructiveness. Opinion of new government.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 3/8/1
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2 Aug. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Holiday plans. Progress of chronograph experiments. Futher experiments with Naver? instrument and Whitworth Armstrong guns. Difficulties with Committee. Political situation.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 3/8/2
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18 Sep. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Holiday. Next chronograph experiments. Mr Cropper (schoolmaster at Minting).

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 3/8/3
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5 Oct. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sucessful chronograph experiments. The instrument's (political) future. Improvement to the design. Has copies of the description of it available.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 3/9/1
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17 Oct. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Details and results of recent experiments with chronograph.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 3/9/2
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23 Oct. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Analysis of effect of materials, weights and construction of shot and charges of powder on performance of chronograph. Distribution of published description. Making simpler instrument for comparison.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams