St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 25/18/4
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1888 (Undated.)

The sacrifice of education to examination. See correspondence 9/12, 16/35 and 24/12.

Herbert, Auberon Edward William Molyneux (1838-1906) politician and author

Adams/Box 42/10/1
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1 Aug. 1947

'John Couch Adams and the discovery of Neptune'. Originally published as No. 11 of Occasional Notes of the RAS. Part of the text given as two addresses to the RAS 8 Oct. 1946, at the celebrations of the centenary of the discovery.

Smart, William Marshall (1889-1975) astronomer

Printed pamphlet

Adams/Box 42/12/1-2
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8 Oct. 1946

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Royal Astronomical Society conversazione to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of Neptune 1946 October 8. It was at this event that W. Smart gave his biographical addresses on JCA and the discovery.

Royal Astronomical Society

Printed pamphlet

Adams/Box 42/12/3
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1946

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

'Centenary of the discovery of the planet Neptune 23 September 1846. Summary of contents of the volume of manuscripts of the perturbations of Uranus by John Couch Adams, preserved in the Library of St. John's College, Cambridge.'

St John's College, Cambridge

Printed notice signed by the Proctors and Moderators as a warning against cheating in University examinations