- Adams/Box 33/14/fol.25-26
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- 7 Jan. 1847
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune. In French. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (1811-1877) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune. In French. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (1811-1877) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Glaisher's memoir of JCA. Airy and Neptune controversy. Biographical information about JCA, for MacAlister's biography.
Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician
Copy of letter to W.H.M. Christie
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Giving permission for MacAlister to have copies of his father's correspondence held in the files at Greenwich for his biography of JCA.
Airy, W (fl 1892)
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
'Extracts to be used in Airy's correspondence', 'Notes'.
Smart, William Marshall (1889-1975) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
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)
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Unknown (000919)
Copy of letter to D. MacAlister
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Enclosed with 41/16/1. Airy's and Babbage's autobiographies.
Greenhill, Sir Alfred George (1847-1927) Knight, mathematician
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Seyfferth? Planetary and lunar perturbations: Newton, Airy. Leverrier and Neptune.
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Sends copy of letter to Leverrier [9/16/4]. Leverrier, Neptune. Dr. Nicols book on Neptune. Airy's Gravitation.
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune. In Italian. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Santini, Giovanni (1787-1877) astronomer