St John‘s College Personal Collections

Copy of J.C. Adams's copy of 2 small notebooks of Newton's

Adams/Box 39/19/1
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1659-1669

Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.

Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/47/3
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22 Aug. 1837 (No year given: presumed 1837 from context.)

Corrections to equations in paper to be published by Camb. Phil. Soc. ["On the theory of the equilibrium of bodies in contact". Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. Vol.6 (1838)].

Moseley, Henry (1801-1872) mathematician and writer on mechanics

Autograph letter signed to J. Challis

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/47/2
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27 Jan. 1838

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Request for news of progress of publication of paper by Camb. Phil. Soc. ["On the theory of the equilibrium of bodies in contact". Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. Vol.6 (1838)].

Moseley, Henry (1801-1872) mathematician and writer on mechanics

Receipt from Thomas Woods, Linen Draper, St John's St. Cambridge, for cloth. In name of Mrs Ireland, JCA's bedder.

Adams/Box 20/20/16/4
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15 Oct. 1839

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Woods, Thomas (fl 1839)

Pages from a mathematical textbook

Adams/Box 23/23/10
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1819-1839 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Covers compound addition, compound subtraction, annuities at compound interest, of the purchasing of freehold estates.

Transcript of part of letter

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 25/13/4
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31 Dec. 1839

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"I don't know whether Major Sabine has given you my account of the results of our magnetic tour last summer..." From subject matter, references to Sabine and Ireland almost certainly written by Humphrey Lloyd.

Lloyd, Humphrey (1800-1881) physicist and university administrator

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