Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 2/26/3
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 2/26/3
Title
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Date(s)
- 15 July 1882 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1801-1892)
Biographical history
Astronomer Royal, 1835-81.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Has received review of his Lunar Distance paper by G.D.E. Weyer of Kiel, pointing out the method already published by Legendre 75 years ago. Regrets that this knowledge would have saved the work of constructing the Cambridge Tables.