St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 40/4/1
Item
13 Nov. 1846

Typescript copy, made for MacAlister's biography of Adams, of article "Account of some circumstances historically connected with the discovery of the planet exterior to Uranus", from the Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 p.385. [Neptune]

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

Letter to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/16/1
Item
22 May 1861

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Circular letter to members of Board of Visitors of R.G.O. offering to show observatory equipment to them.

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

Letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 2/15/1
Item
12 May 1860

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Practical arrangements for J.C.A. to observe Total Eclipse of 18th July in North Spain.

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

Correspondence between J.C. Adams and Sir George Biddell Airy

Adams/Box 2
File
5 Nov. 1845-12 June 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of paper to James Challis

Adams/Box 33/1/fol.1-2
Item
12 July 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"Suggestions for the examination of a portion of the heavens in search of the external planet which is presumed to exist and to produce disturbances in the motion of Uranus". [Neptune].

Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.1-4, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

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

Copy of letter, incomplete, to Franke Parker

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 12/4/2
Item
1 Sep. 1855

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enclosed with F.P. to J.C.A. (12/4/1). Influence of JCA on GBA's paper on eclipses.

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

Copy of letter to W.H. Smyth

Adams/Box 34/18/1
Item
15 Mar. 1849

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. James Jerwood. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for quotation in MacAlister's biography.

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

Copy of letter to W. Whewell

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 15/44/1
Item
12 Apr. 1847

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In JCA's hand. Sends two equations from Hansen to explain the inequality of the moon's motion [missing]. Requests that JCA may be allowed to see the letter.

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

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 33/5/fol.25-28
Item
19 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.34-37, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

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

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier

Adams/Box 33/13/fol.18-19
Item
21 Dec. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.

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

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