St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 2/32/1
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7 Feb. 1862

Ways of spending £2000 of Sheepshanks grant: Transit Circle, Chronographic apparatus, central clock, telegraph wires. See G.B.A. to J.C.A. 16 Jan.1862.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft? autograph letter to Richard Sheepshanks or J.F.W. Herschel

Adams/Box 16/59/1
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25 Oct. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. Addressee not identified: probably either Sheepshanks or Herschel. JCA gives permission for note refuting Pierce to be sent. Origin of the value of mean distance of Neptune, used in calculations of perturbations of Uranus.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to G.H. Darwin

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/46/1
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14 Dec. 1889

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

[Observatory] Syndicate neglected to audit the accounts of the Sheepshanks Fund at their last meeting, as they should have done.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/3/1
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17 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Printing of paper on the perturbations of Uranus in the Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/3/2
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11 Jan. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Distribution of paper on the perturbations of Uranus in the Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/3/3
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12 Feb. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/4/1
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12 Mar. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/4/2
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13 Sep. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Satellites of Uranus. Elements of Mr Hind's planet for Monthly Notices of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/4/3
Item
27 Sep. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/5/1
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25 Nov. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

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

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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