St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/4/4
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11 Sep. 1853

Comments on tables of Moon's Parallax for the use of the NA. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/5/2
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5 Feb. 1874

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Request for more copies of the NA for the use of the CO. Requests opinion on Von Asten's paper on Mass of Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/5/3
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10 Jan. 1876

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Jupiter's satellites. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/6/2
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30 May 1877

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Amendments of tables of Jupiter's satellites. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/6/4
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8 Jan. 1886

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Corrections to tables of Jupiter's satellites. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/7/2
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12 Nov. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comparisons of tables of the Moon. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/21/1
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1 July 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Congratulations on work on Hansen's tables. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/20/3
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2 Apr. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Elucidation of JCA's expression of Moon's parallax. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/20/2
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10 Feb. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comments on comparison of Hansen and Delaunay's lunar tables. Suggesting co-operative work between British and American Nautical Almanac offices. MS note by Newcomb at end giving permission for confidential sections to be published. See also JCA's draft at 16/49/1). Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to W. Godward

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/32/1
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6 May 1876

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Detailed instructions for the calculation of tables [of Jupiter's satellites?] by the Nautical Almanac Office. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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