St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 10/44/1
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22 June 1860

Tables of moon. Delaunay. Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion: letters of Plana. Letters of Airy and Whewell to return to JWL.

Lubbock, Sir John William (1803-1865) 3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 3/2/3
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5 Feb. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Dining tables. Tindall on Glaciers. Airy on the Oblique Bridge in Phil. Mag.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 2/32/1
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7 Feb. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Ways of spending £2000 of Sheepshanks grant: Transit Circle, Chronographic apparatus, central clock, telegraph wires. See G.B.A. to J.C.A. 16 Jan.1862.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay

Adams/Box 16/19/4
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9 Aug. 1862

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Invitation for CD to come to meeting of British Association in Cambridge, Oct 1862, and to stay at the Observatory. Hopes also to be entertaining Airy.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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 6/58/1
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4 Dec. 1865

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Encloses copy of letter from G.B.Airy (30 Nov.1865) on Adams, Delaunay and the lunar theory.

De La Rue, Warren (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/7/3
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5 Dec. 1865

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Award of RAS medal to JCA. Has consulted G.B. Airy.

De La Rue, Warren (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/26/2
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24 Jan. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Airy received letter from De La Rue with JCA's comments on Hansen's investigation of Secular Acceleration of Moon's Mean Motion. Discusses error of Hansen's.

Stone, Edward James (1831-1897) astronomer

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