St John‘s College Personal Collections

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/14/fol.22-24
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7 Jan. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/15/1
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23 June 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends book [unidentifiable] on lunar theory. Ancient eclipses.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/15/2
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25 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

J.C.A. and Leverrier. [New planet] J.H. letter to Guardian.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/15/3
Item
18 Jan. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

The new planet [Uranus].

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/15/4
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7 Nov. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Invitation to stay to meet Somerville family. Meteors. Duke of Northumberland.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/1
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19 Dec. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

J.C.A.'s forthcoming visit to J.H. Encloses letter of Pierce on Neptune [missing]. Neptune.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/2
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21 Jan. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Seyfferth? Planetary and lunar perturbations: Newton, Airy. Leverrier and Neptune.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/3
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22 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends copy of letter to Leverrier [9/16/4]. Leverrier, Neptune. Dr. Nicols book on Neptune. Airy's Gravitation.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/16/4
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22 Sep. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with 9/16/3. Letter of support for Neptune as the cause of the perturbations of Uranus, against the attacks of Peirce and Babinet.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/17/1
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24 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Lunar perturbations.

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

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