St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/43/1
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15 Oct. 1846

Description of stay, with brother Thomas, at Taunton. Is sending him to Tonga with thermometers to record the weather. The new planet has been found according to prediction. Astronomer Royal to give account of it to the RAS, and JCA is to present his calculations. Taking few pupils this term.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.W.L. Glaisher

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/47/1
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6 May 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Correction to be made to JWLG's [Presidential] address [for RAS] about JCA, in favour of Airy's work on the motion of the planets.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/7/3
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5 Dec. 1865

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Award of RAS medal to JCA. Has consulted G.B. Airy.

De La Rue, Warren (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 28/14/2
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27 Dec. 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Personal. Airy and Neptune controversy.

Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (1848-1928) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 28/14/3
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11 Jan. 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Glaisher's memoir of JCA. Airy and Neptune controversy.

Salmon, George (1819-1904) mathematician and theologian

Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 28/15/1
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8 May 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Glaisher's memoir of JCA. Airy and Neptune controversy. Biographical information about JCA, for MacAlister's biography.

Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister

Adams/Box 28/20/1
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17 May 1895

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune controversy. Memories of Airy.

Biddle, D (fl 1895)

Autograph letter signed to John Willis Clark

Adams/Box 29/20/1
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14 Oct. 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

JCA's correspondence with G.B. Airy.

Airy, W (fl 1892)

Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister

Adams/Box 29/20/2
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16 Oct. 1892

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

JCA's correspondence with Sedgwick and [probably] Airy. (A "Mrs Routh" is referred to: Airy's daugher married EB Routh. JWC's enquiry was redirected to her brother Wilfrid: see letter from W.Airy to JWC Box. 29/20/1)

Clark, John Willis (1833-1910) Cambridge University Registrary

Autograph letter signed to John Willis Clark

Adams/Box 29/20/4
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2 Feb. 1893

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

A. Sedgwick's correspondence with Airy about Neptune.

Sedgwick, Margaret Isabella (1823-1911)

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