Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
- Adams/Box 16/13/3
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- 2 Feb. 1866
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
[JCA's comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS] Acknowledges copy of Hansen's letter sent. Disagrees with H's assertion that he never contested JCA's theory of the secular acceleration of the moon: H caused LeVerrier to attack JCA and Delaunay, and is now adapting his own theory without admitting it might be wrong.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer