St John‘s College Personal Collections

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

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

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

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

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

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 34/12/fol.128
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24 Jan. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Lunar acceleration. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Stone, Edward James (1831-1897) astronomer

Autograph copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 2/32/2
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29 Jan. 1866

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

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 34/12/fol.129-131
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29 Jan. 1866

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

Adams/Box 2/32/3
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1 Feb. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Hansen's memoir on the perturbations of the small planets.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 34/13/fol.133-135
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1 Feb. 1866

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 letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/25/1
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5 Feb. 1869

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 letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 5/51/4
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23 June 1870

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

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 2/32/4
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5 May 1873

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

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