St John‘s College Personal Collections

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/30/4
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30 July 1869

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends paper on Law and Science of Antient Lights (missing). News of Rohrs and Bashforth.

Cox, Homersham (1821-1897)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/30/1
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10 July 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has seen J.C.A's review of his book. Glad J.C.A. has received public recognition of his achievement.

News of Rohrs and Bashforth. Forthcoming paper in the Transactions of the Institute of Civil Engineers: on dynamical deflection of elastic beams from the transit of loads.

Cox, Homersham (1821-1897)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/29/2
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30 Nov. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends magazines (ed. by H.C: which?) with discussion of New Planet. (missing). Sends problems to help out: Rohrs will do the same; Cowie too busy. News of Bashforth: he might help too. Open invitation to visit.

Cox, Homersham (1821-1897)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 6/18/1
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26 July 1867

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Pendulum and charges of powder (Bashforth's Chronograph?). Army gossip.

Clarke, H Wilberforce (fl 1867)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/25/4
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5 Apr. 1870

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sends revised statement as to calibration of Navez? chronograph (enclosed). Discussion of its errors. Communication of this to Noble. Attached statement compares Navez instrument with Bashforth's.

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel (1819-1903) 1st Baronet, physicist

Copy of extracts of letters of reminiscences of Adams as an undergraduate from Richard Wall, Francis Bashforth and W.T. Kingsley