St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 42/13
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1946 (Undated.)

Notes on Adams, Le Verrier, Airy, Challis.

Smart, William Marshall (1889-1975) astronomer

Report on Challis's paper "A direct method of obtaining analytically the mean motions of the apses & nodes of the moon's orbit".

Adams/Box 16/11/2
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1 Jan. 1854

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Postscript to letter to John Couch Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 8/26/1
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July 1858 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"Post-script intended to accompany the letter addressed to Mr Challis and Mr Adams": corrections to letter to them printed in [?]. Forwarded to Adams by Challis 20 July 1858? Ancient eclipses and other astronomical events.

Greswell, Edward (1797-1869) biblical scholar

Draft autograph letter signed to James Simms

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/48/4
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22 Jan. 1867

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Not clear to whom addressed: presumed Simms from content (see correspondence re this telescope in 1868-). Requires a case for meteoroscope. Gives specification for object glass for proposed meridian telescope for CO, after consultation with Challis, and further equipment. Requires new quotation.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of paper to James Challis

Adams/Box 33/1/fol.1-2
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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 to J.W. Lubbock