St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/30/1
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11 May 1859

Encloses letter of introduction from Mr. Parker of Luffingcott. Enquiry: does the Moon's secular acceleration affect the time as well as the locality of ancient eclipses. Airy's paper on the Eclipses of Agathocles & Thebes. Effect of this on calculation of ancient chronology.

Savile, Bourchier Wrey (1817-1888) Church of England clergyman and theological writer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/55/1
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28 Nov. 1874

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Asks JCA to look at his paper concerning the diurnal irregularity of the tides, in the Philosophical Magazine, Sep.1874, as Airy considers it original and he has other good opinions of it. Has another paper he would be grateful if JCA might look at, on flow of water in rivers.

Tylor, Alfred (1824-1884) geologist and brass-founder

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/7/2
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12 June 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Plana/Pontecoulant controversy. The Astronomer Royal.

Haydon, Frank Scott (1822-1887) record scholar

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/2
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21 Jan. 1848

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

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/18/2
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21 Feb. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Airy's Numerical Lunar Theory.

Knobel, Edward Ball (1841-1930) chemist and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 11/34/1
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7 Jan. 1883

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Airy's numerical lunar theory. Moon's parallax.

Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/26/3
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30 July 1873

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Mr Proctor: attack on GB Airy; threats to CP. Possible resignation of CP from Council of RAS. Progress of building and equipment of new Oxford Observatory.

Pritchard, Charles (1808-1893) headmaster and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams