St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/10/3
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29 Nov. 1851 (No year given: 1851 suggested by transcriber.)

Account of eclipse. New accomodation for the Royal Society. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/11/3
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6 Dec. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Account of eclipse. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/34/3
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19 Jan. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Diplomas and Testimonials of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

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

Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 34/15/fol.1-2
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12 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 34/16/fol.19-20
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30 Apr. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.

Smyth, William Henry (1788-1865)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 11/13/1
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31 Mar. 1874

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

G.B.Airy, Sheepshanks, Lascell. Dublin professorship. Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse.

Marth, Albert (1828-1897) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter to Richard Sheepshanks or J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/59/1
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25 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. Addressee not identified: probably either Sheepshanks or Herschel. JCA gives permission for note refuting Pierce to be sent. Origin of the value of mean distance of Neptune, used in calculations of perturbations of Uranus.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/16/2
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16 Jan. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

£2000 from Sheepshanks benefaction available for use of Observatory. What would J.C.A. wish to see it spent on.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/7/6
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5 Feb. 1821-5 Feb. 1895 (No year given.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Question for Sheepshanks examination.

Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/68/2
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6 Feb. 1853

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Forthcoming storm at R.A.S. between Babbage and Sheepshanks.

de Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871) mathematician

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