St John‘s College Personal Collections

Typed copy of letter to Edward Sabine

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/1/1
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3 June 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's draft at 24/48/3. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Typed copy of letter to Edward Sabine

Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/1/2
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24 Jan. 1848 (Transcript dated 1868.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

See JCA's draft at 24/48/2. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Transcript of part of letter

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 25/13/4
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31 Dec. 1839

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"I don't know whether Major Sabine has given you my account of the results of our magnetic tour last summer..." From subject matter, references to Sabine and Ireland almost certainly written by Humphrey Lloyd.

Lloyd, Humphrey (1800-1881) physicist and university administrator

Draft autograph letter signed to Edward Sabine

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/48/3
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3 June 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

JCA expresses support for Lubbock's suggestion that a great telescope should be maintained in the Southern hemisphere.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Draft autograph letter signed to Edward Sabine

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/48/2
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24 Jan. 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of copy of paper on terrestrial magnetism sent. Requests where determinations of magnetic elements for different parts of the world might be found, for work on improving Gaussian constants.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Copy of letter to J.P. Gassiot