St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 2/23/3
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8 Nov. 1878

Is sending the astronomical sheets of the Greenwich vol. for 1876. Board of Visitors of R.G.O. instructed G.B.A. to consult J.C.A. on shortening the printing of results. Discusses points of detail.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/23/4
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30 Aug. 1879

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Reply to J.C.A's letter of 29th. G.B.A. has been working on same problem (probably acceleration of the moon's mean motion: see Monthly Notices R.A.S. Vol.50 (1880). Compares notes.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/24/1
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31 Jan. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Thanks J.C.A. for sending set of papers on the Cambridge Observatory.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/24/2
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10 Feb. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

G.B.A. attempting to master J.C.A's theory of ? Now stuck and requires assistance.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/24/3
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12 Feb. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Thanks for J.C.A's explanation of formula (see G.B.A. to J.C.A. 10th Feb. 1880).

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/24/4
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10 Apr. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

G.B.A. has read paper on Lunar Acceleration before the R.A.S. Regrets that neither J.C.A. nor A. Cayley was there to hear it.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/24/5
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15 May 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Regrets mistake about parallax in recent paper (possibly see G.B.A. to J.C.A 10 Apr.1880).

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/25/1
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26 Sep. 1881

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Query regarding J.C.A's value of mean lunar parallax.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/25/2
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13 Dec. 1881

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Lunar distances: substance of G.B.A's paper previously published by Zach. "Nothing new under the sun". Wishes to know how Zach arrived at idea; describes own route.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/25/3
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24 Feb. 1882

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Gravitational theory: query on Delaunay Tom.2 p3.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

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