St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 18/1
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1846

Astronomical notes, undated (but worked before Neptune so named). Calculations connected with Neptune: begins "1846. Calculation of Latitudes & Longitudes of the New Planet Aug. 4... Septr. 23... Septr. 28..."

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Notebook

Adams/Box 18/6
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Mar. 1854-Apr. 1854

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Astronomical notes, some dated Mar. 1854. "Comparison with Bouvard's Tables of Saturn with the formulae in the introduction." "Synoptic statement of the planetary masses employed by LeVerrier in various reseaches." "Mean motion & masses of the planets 8 Mar. 1854" "Calculation of the perturbations of Uranus by Neptune" "Calculation of the orbit of Comet 1856 from Cambridge Obsns. Apl. 1854".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Logarithms calculated on long strips of paper.

Adams/Box 19/19
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17 July 1874-8 Sep. 1874 (Dated 17 Jul. 1874, 8 Sep. 1874 and undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Paper

Adams/Box 19/19/11/5
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"According to Newcomb, the perturbns. of Longitude of Uranus by Neptune..."

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Drafts for a letter or speech

Adams/Box 19/19/12/1-2
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"When my Memoir on the Secular acceleration of the Moon's Mean Motion was communicated to the Royal Society..."; "The object of my Memoir "On the Secular Variation of the Moon's Mean Motion" published in..."

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Lecture