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A.L.s. from James Challis to Rev. W. T. Kingsley

Miscellaneous/Box 5/CH1
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24 October 1870

Part of Miscellaneous Papers

Would like to vote for Mr Mowat for the living of Handsworth, as his son has decided he does not want it. Discusses his Fellowship at Trinity College, and the mathematical questions he has recently set for the Fellowship examination. Asks after Mr Newall's telescope and notes that a new one is being installed at Cambridge Observatory.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Corrected proofs of short papers

Adams/Box 43-44/Box 43/3/3
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1845-1882 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"On the extent of the Earth's atmosphere"; "On the augmentation of the apparent diameter of a body by its atmospheric refraction"; "On the Zodiacal light and on shooting-stars".

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

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 G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/12/fol.12-14
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19 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/8/fol.44-45
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3 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/4/fol.18-19
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16 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.27-28, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy

Adams/Box 33/1/fol.3-4
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18 July 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.5-8, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/12/4
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1803-1882 (Only date given "Wednesday Night".)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends calculations of place of comet for March 7.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/12/3
Item
6 Aug. 1861

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Report on work in progress at C.O. in J.C.A's absence. The Comet.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/12/2
Item
20 July 1858

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Mr. Greswell's problem relating to ancient eclipses. Includes transcript of part of Mr. Greswell's letter.

Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist

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