Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Incomplete. [JCA's comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS] Theory of moon: where work of Plana and Damoiseau is incorrect and how it might be improved. Errors of Hansen's ditto. Plana's original reception of JCA's theory of the moon.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Publication of Lunar comparisons. Transcribes letter from Mr. Marth on comparison of Hansen's with Greenwich Observations. Probably sent to JCA by WHMC: see 6/14/1.
Knobel, Edward Ball (1841-1930) chemist and astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Hansen's prize [from the Admiralty for work on the moon]. Secular inequality of the Moon's mean motion: Plana.
Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Correction of Hansen's Semi-diameter of the moon, from the occultations of stars.
Neison, Edmund (1849-1940) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer