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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/11/1
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30 Mar. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Printing of address to the RAS. Printing of Catton's observations. 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 38/12/1
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9 Dec. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Account of eclipse. Introduction to Lunar Parallax tables nearly complete. Plan for removal of RAS to Kensington. 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 38/12/3
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14 Apr. 1853

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Failiure of application for Superintendence of Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) 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

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