- Sylvester/Box 2-7/Box 2-3 Folder 2-9
- Subseries
- 1844–1906
Part of Papers of James Joseph Sylvester
Letters mainly from mathematicians.
Part of Papers of James Joseph Sylvester
Letters mainly from mathematicians.
Copy of letter to J.J. Sylvester
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Acknowledgement of copy of paper on Newton and Campbell. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is JCA's own.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Sylvester's letters against the chronograph. Forthcoming tests with chronograph and Whitworth seven inch gun.
Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Written from Hampstead. Aurora Borealis. [Smith's Prize questions] Method of Sylvester for partition of numbers [Ferrers Graphs.?] Riddles. Paper on Motion of Sphere with fluid centre, retardation of earth. Still with Stokes. Thomson. Opinion of Stokes.
Rohrs, John Henry (fl 1868-1869)
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Sylvester's letters against the chronograph (in the Times?). Forthcoming tests with chronograph and Whitworth seven inch gun.
Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Parlous state of national affairs. Encloses diagram comparing F.B's ballistics tables with those of Krupps (missing: possibly table with F.B. to J.C.A. of 25 Oct.1881. Box 3/14/2) J.J.Sylvester in Nature, on matrices.
Bashforth, Francis (1819-1912) mathematician
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Iniquities of RAS Council. Stone's questions on sun's motion and lunar tables. Stone. Cayley on the same. Seeing Sylvester.
Pritchard, Charles (1808-1893) headmaster and astronomer
Autograph letter signed to F. Bashforth
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
J.J.Sylvester.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Autograph letter signed to F. Bashforth
Part of Papers of John Couch Adams
Membership of R.S. J.J.Sylvester.
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Part of Papers of James Joseph Sylvester
All on mathematical subjects, apart from final 3 enquiring about JJS's health.
Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895) mathematician