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Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 11/20/3
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9 Jan. 1890

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Newton's sundials at Woolsthorpe and Colsterworth Church.

Mirehouse, John (1839-1911)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/27/1
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17 Apr. 1877

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Newton and Airy on the moon. Winnecke's Comet. Comets.

Pritchard, Charles (1808-1893) headmaster and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/36/2
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28 June 1875

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Transcripts from Trinity College Admissions Register for Newton, and several contemporaries. Evidently the reply to an enquiry of JCA's.

Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914) literary and biblical scholar

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 27/1/8.2
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11 Mar. 1887

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Administration of Newton MSS Syndicate.

Taylor, Charles (1840-1908) Hebrew scholar and Master of St John's College, Cambridge

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 27/1/8.4
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5 July 1887

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Administration of Newton MSS Syndicate.

Taylor, Charles (1840-1908) Hebrew scholar and Master of St John's College, Cambridge

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 5/55/4
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20 Apr. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Brewster's life of Newton.

Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918) master of Trinity College, Cambridge

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/1/2
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5 Mar. 1889

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Newton: Portsmouth Collection catalogue. Current work, U.S. Naval Observatory. (Hyperion and Titan).

Hall, Asaph (1829-1907) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/51/1
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5 Mar. 1864

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has written on the errors of Newton on gravitation and attraction. Wishes J.C.A. to examine the MSS No.2 in folder; letter from J. Pullan to J.D. presumably enclosed with this.

Davis, J

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/36/1
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26 Feb. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In latest issue of Comptes Rendus Poulain states that Campbell originated the rule usually ascribed to Newton, for determining the existance of imaginary roots in algebraic equations. Enquires whether this is true and whether JCA knows who Campbell was.

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/37/1
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4 Nov. 1882

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Request that JCA write the article on Newton for the New Encyclopaedia Brittannica.

Tait, Peter Guthrie (1831-1901) physicist and mathematician

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