Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel
- Adams/Box 35-38/Box 37/1/3
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- 17 May 1848
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune and Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune and Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Description of solar eclipse, viewed from Norway. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Personal. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS to JCA. Whether a quotation from Herschel should be included. Whether LeVerrier should be mentioned in light of his and Delaunay's part in the controversy over the secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Accuracy of Hansen's and Plana's theories. Encloses copy of Delaunay's letter.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Draft autograph letter signed to J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Planetary motion - [Neptune? moon?]. JCA less pleased with LeVerrier's second solution than his first. Note in JCA's hand "a much enlarged copy sent".
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Draft autograph letter to J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Incomplete. See transcript of complete version. Airy's paper on the eclipse given at meeting of RAS. Description of JCA's view of the eclipse.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Draft? autograph letter to Richard Sheepshanks or J.F.W. Herschel
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Incomplete. Addressee not identified: probably either Sheepshanks or Herschel. JCA gives permission for note refuting Pierce to be sent. Origin of the value of mean distance of Neptune, used in calculations of perturbations of Uranus.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer