St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/41/4
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12 June 1854

Encloses copy of JWL to J.Challis 12 Jun. 1854. Forthcoming visit of Leverrier.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

Adams/Box 18/6
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Mar. 1854-Apr. 1854

Astronomical notes, some dated Mar. 1854. "Comparison with Bouvard's Tables of Saturn with the formulae in the introduction." "Synoptic statement of the planetary masses employed by LeVerrier in various reseaches." "Mean motion & masses of the planets 8 Mar. 1854" "Calculation of the perturbations of Uranus by Neptune" "Calculation of the orbit of Comet 1856 from Cambridge Obsns. Apl. 1854".

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/45/2
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11 Apr. 1853 (No year given. Possibly 1853.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has written to Beaufort and Lord Roper [about what?]. Leverrier to stay: invitation to meet.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/30/1
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24 Mar. 1853

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comets. Leverrier's Solar theory.

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/11/1
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20 Nov. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Right ascensions of the fundamentals of stars. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/33/3
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30 Apr. 1852

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends Farley's tables of Lunar Parallax. JCA asked to write and thank him for them. Dealing with JCA's request of 24th. Comptes Rendus for 5 Apr. 1852 contains something by LeVerrier which JCA should see.

Stratford, William Samuel (? 1791-1853) naval officer and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/40/2
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26 Dec. 1850

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Proposed visit. LeVerrier's residual errors. J.W.L's work on elementary geometry.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/49/3
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18 Jan. 1849

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Reminds JCA about abstract of Breen's paper. Has asked Herschel to write historically of LeVerrier and Neptune. Reasons for choosing Herschel. Outlines the sort of account he would like written, in answer to Peirce's objections.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/49/2
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8 Jan. 1849

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Request for JCA to write report for RAS annual report on attack on LeVerrier and his reply. Wishes that he might have similar justification from JCA on his own account. Business for next meeting of RAS.

Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/46/1
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28 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses some letters from LeVerrier, brought back from Paris, which LeVerrier gave to be passed on to JCA. The attack on LeVerrier by Babinet appeared to be inspired by party feeling.

Thomson, William (1824-1907) Baron Kelvin, mathematician and physicist

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