St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/15/2
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10 Dec. 1846 (No year given: dated from ES's career at Fleetwood.)

Neptune: Airy putting blame onto JCA. Enquires as to when Adams completed the discovery. Requests copies of Cambridge exam papers. Head of school in Fleetwood seeking to leave. The school ready for a holiday.

Spencer, Edward (b 1818)

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/11/fol.1-3
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16 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/12/fol.8-11
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18 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Schumacher, Heinrich Christian (1780-1850) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/12/fol.12-14
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19 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/34/1
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22 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of of gift of paper relating to the discovery of the new planet [Neptune]. Regrets Airy's behaviour in the matter. Sorry to have missed JCA on recent visit to Camb.

Woolley, Joseph (1817-1889) naval architect

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy