St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/33/1
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12 Nov. 1846

Neptune. Account of JCA's account to the Camb. Phil. Soc., Nov. 1846. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Hort, Fenton John Anthony (1828-1892) biblical scholar and theologian

Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 34/15/fol.1-2
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12 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/4/1
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13 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "Account of some circumstances historically connected with the discovery of the planet exterior to Uranus", from the Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 p.385. [Neptune]

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Typescript copy of article

Adams/Box 40/3/1
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13 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "An account of observations undertaken in search of the planet discovered at Berlin on Sept. 23, 1846", from the Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 p.415. [Neptune]

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks