St John‘s College Personal Collections

Copy of letter to James Challis

Adams/Box 33/11/fol.6-7
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18 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.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to James Challis

Adams/Box 33/13/fol.15-17
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21 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.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to James Challis

Adams/Box 33/2/fol.10-11
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14 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.23-24, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to H.M. Butler

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/31/1
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15 Mar. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

GBA's opinion of the efficiency of the CO, and that its assistants are overpaid. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is one made for JCA at the time of writing of the letter.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to D.F.J. Arago

Adams/Box 33/7/fol.37-39
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26 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.46-48, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to Arthur Cayley

Adams/Box 2/19/3
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6 Jan. 1873

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with G.B.Airy to J.C.A. 6/1/1873. Cannot attend meeting of Council of R.A.S. on 10th and wishes to have his views aired. Disapproves, at length, with reasons, of the Council's nomination of R.A. Proctor for the Society's medal.

Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Copy of letter to A. Sedgwick