St John‘s College Personal Collections

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/19/1
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21 Mar. 1861

Acknowledgement of copies sent by CD of investigation into Hansen's long inequalities and corrections of LeVerrier's Annales, and CD's volume on the Theory of the Moon. Praise of CD's method.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/19/2
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14 Jan. 1873

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Details of forthcoming sale of Babbage's mathematical books. Death of Delaunay. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to C. Delaunay

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/19/2
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23 Apr. 1857

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's draft at 16/14/3; Delaunay's French translation at 36/16/2. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/19/2
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1 Apr. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See 16/19/3 for another copy. Authorisation for CD to publish JCA's expression of coefficient of principal term of the latitude [of the moon?]. Adds equation for principal inequality of the true latitude, and comparisons with Plana and Pontecoulant's results.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/19/3
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1 Apr. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Another copy of 16/19/2. Authorisation for CD to publish JCA's expression of coefficient of principal term of the latitude [of the moon?]. Adds equation for principal inequality of the true latitude, and comparisons with Plana and Pontecoulant's results.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to C. Delaunay

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/19/3
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26 Jan. 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's draft at 16/15/1; Delaunay's French translation at 36/16/3. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/19/4
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9 Aug. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Invitation for CD to come to meeting of British Association in Cambridge, Oct 1862, and to stay at the Observatory. Hopes also to be entertaining Airy.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to C. Delaunay

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/20/1
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8 Apr. 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's draft at 16/15/2; Delaunay's French translation at 36/17/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/20/1
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2 Jan. 1863

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Details of Cayley's papers in the Monthly Notices and Memoirs of the RAS. Details of papers in other journals to follow. Description of Cayley's profession. CD's recent visit to the CO. JCA expects "very shortly to introduce a lady assistant".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/20/2
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20 Dec. 1865

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See 16/20/3 for another copy. Appreciation of CD's explanation of discrepancy between value of secular acceleration of moon's mean motion, and that derived from ancient eclipses. Likely to be attacked by Pontecoulant.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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