St John‘s College Personal Collections

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 11/34/2
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25 Feb. 1884

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Airy's numerical lunar theory.

Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/4/1
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19 Oct. 1855

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Ancient eclipses. Encloses copy of extract of letter from G.B. Airy (12/4/2). News of G.B. Gibbons.

Parker, Franke (1803-1883)

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

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/27/1
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17 Apr. 1877

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Newton and Airy on the moon. Winnecke's Comet. Comets.

Pritchard, Charles (1808-1893) headmaster and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/2/1
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1 June (No year given.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Written from Hampstead. Submitting paper [Retardation of the Earth] to Philosophical Magazine. Turned down by Airy.

Rohrs, John Henry (fl 1868-1869)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/22/3
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27 Sep. 1864

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Kew O. magnetic observations: pendulum experiments in India. Conduct of Council of Royal Society, Airy and Mr. Stewart over controversy surrounding the matter.

Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, army officer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/23/1
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14 Nov. 1864

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Kew O. magnetic observations. Airy now sent Glaisher to check Kew's methods. Kew vindicated. Encloses copies of correspondence with Airy: to be returned. [not present]

Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, army officer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/23/2
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17 Nov. 1864

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

W.De La Rue: information for award [medal from Royal Society] Kew O. magnetic observations. Encloses letter Airy to Gassiot. (13/23/3)

Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, army officer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

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

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

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