St John‘s College Personal Collections

Unidentified calculations, connected with the Moon.

Adams/Box 27/4/1-2
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1819-1892 (Undated.)

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/32/1
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6 May 1876

Detailed instructions for the calculation of tables [of Jupiter's satellites?] by the Nautical Almanac Office. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to W. Godward

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/32/3
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12 June 1885

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Detailed instructions for the Nautical Almanac Office for the continuation of Damoiseau's Tables of Jupiter's Satellites. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to W. Godward

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 36/32/2
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9 Nov. 1876

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Detailed instructions for the calculation of tables [of Jupiter's satellites] by the Nautical Almanac Office. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/21/1
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1 July 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Congratulations on work on Hansen's tables. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/20/3
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2 Apr. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Elucidation of JCA's expression of Moon's parallax. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to S. Newcomb

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/20/2
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10 Feb. 1880

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Comments on comparison of Hansen and Delaunay's lunar tables. Suggesting co-operative work between British and American Nautical Almanac offices. MS note by Newcomb at end giving permission for confidential sections to be published. See also JCA's draft at 16/49/1). Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to J.R. Hind