Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/30/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 5-15/Box 13/30/1
Title
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Date(s)
- 11 May 1859 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
4p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1817-1888)
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Encloses letter of introduction from Mr. Parker of Luffingcott. Enquiry: does the Moon's secular acceleration affect the time as well as the locality of ancient eclipses. Airy's paper on the Eclipses of Agathocles & Thebes. Effect of this on calculation of ancient chronology.