St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 5/29/1
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24 Apr. 1852

Introducing W. Hillhouse who is visiting England. On new method of calculation for special perturbations. Published by G.P.B.; subsequently published as original by Encke; reviewed as original by Hansen. G.P.B. not happy. Advantages of new method.

Bond, G P (fl 1852)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/4/4
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26 Mar. 1858

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Eclipse. Burckhardt's and Hansen's Lunar tables.

Farley, R (fl 1852-1860)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/5/1
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27 Mar. 1858

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Burckhardt's and Hansen's Lunar tables.

Farley, R (fl 1852-1860)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/8/2
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27 Oct. 1859

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Hansen, tables of the moon. St. Andrews principalship. News, personal and St Andrews.

Fischer, Frederick William Lewis (1814-1890)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/25/3
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15 July 1867

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Receipt of cheque for Miss Rogers, needlewoman. Receipt of paper on meteors. Hansen's tables of the Moon? Faultiness of telescopes.

Gibbons, George Buckmaster (d 1884)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/38/1
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25 June 1884

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Calculations from Hansen's tables for R.A.S.

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 11/28/2
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11 Dec. 1873

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Correction of Hansen's Semi-diameter of the moon, from the occultations of stars. Method.

Neison, Edmund (1849-1940) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 11/32/1
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18 Aug. 1875

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Moon's parallax. Hansen's theorem. Books on lunar theory.

Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909) astronomer

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/3/2
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1 Feb. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Reply to J.C.A.'s of 29th. Comments on article in Mechanics Mag. Dec. 1846. Advises to wait for new observation of New Planet (Neptune) to measure its distance from sun, not to calculate. Thanks for further figures of position of planet. Does not favour Hansen's methods of calculation, nor LeVerrier's use of single observations. On the Lunar & planetary reductions calculated from Camb. Observatory

(See G.B.A. to J.C.A. 27 Mar.1851 for table of Saturn dated 1 Feb.1847).

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

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/17/4
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6 Dec. 1864

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Has sent in paper on Jupiter's Mass. Has received paper from Hansen.

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

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