St John‘s College Personal Collections

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/2
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21 Jan. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Seyfferth? Planetary and lunar perturbations: Newton, Airy. Leverrier and Neptune.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/8/1
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21 Feb. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

LeVerrier's Christian names.

de Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/46/3
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12 Aug. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Exact position of Neptune: reasons for error in calculating it. Error by LeVerrier compounded by Peirce: suggests JCA might untangle muddle. Also Lassell to be asked about the satellites. Will send Greenwich Lunar reductions. Irish politics.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/12/1
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21 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Le Verrier's long inequality of Pallas. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/3
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22 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends copy of letter to Leverrier [9/16/4]. Leverrier, Neptune. Dr. Nicols book on Neptune. Airy's Gravitation.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

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

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/4
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22 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with 9/16/3. Letter of support for Neptune as the cause of the perturbations of Uranus, against the attacks of Peirce and Babinet.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/39/1
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23 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

?Long irregularity of Pallas? in paper by LeVerrier from Comptes Rendus. Transcript of part included.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/9/2
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26 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends places of stars. Has note from LeVerrier, and offprint to be passed on to J.C.A. in due course.

M. Babinet has attacked LeVerrier by suggesting there is another planet affecting the position of Neptune.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/12/2
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26 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Le Verrier's long inequality of Pallas. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/9/3
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29 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends observations of Neptune. Also paper from Leverrier.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

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