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- 15 Oct. 1873
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Explanation of how G.B.A. has misunderstood Delaunay's lunar formula. Agrees about stability of solar system. Would like to see model of transit of Venus.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
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
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Transit of Venus. Willing to use C.O. telescope to make observations. Has another which might be of use. Suggests techniques for getting most out of the event. Suggests that S.J.C. Dolland telescope might also be used.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Supports Mr. Ball as candidate for Astronomer Royal to replace G.B.Airy. Has moved to Switzerland: news.
Brünnow, Franz Friedrich Ernst (1821-1891) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Request for reference, if necessary, as seeks more pupils. De Morgan on signs + and - to Camb. Phil. Soc. Airy on square root of -1.
Cooper, John Edward (1823-1914)
Autograph copy of letter to G.B. Airy
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Hansen's memoir on the perturbations of the small planets.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph copy of letter to G.B. Airy
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Letter from Hansen to G.B.A. in Monthly Notices R.A.S. Nov. 8 1861. Hansen's memoir on the perturbations of the small planets: where he is wrong; where the translation is at fault.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer