St John‘s College Personal Collections

Undated description of the letter of Newton's found in Adams's papers. (19/1)

Adams/Box 19/19/2/1
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1866-1939 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Sampson, Ralph Allen (1866-1939) astronomer

Typescript letter signed to St John's College Library

Adams/Box 27/1/1
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4 Nov. 1996

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Letter accompanying gift of papers (now Box 27) to SJC.

Royal Aeronautical Society

'The most startling question of the day. Sir Isaac Newton!'

Adams/Box 43-44/Box 43/5/10
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1800-1891 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

'The Zetetic Society offers the liberal premium of one hundred guineas for any demonstrable confirmation of the reality of any one of the elementary conditions on which the globular theory was originally propounded and subsequently accepted and mathematically formulated by Sir Isaac Newton.'

Hampden, John (d 1891) Zetetic astronomer

'The globular theory as adopted and formulated by Sir Isaac Newton'

Adams/Box 43-44/Box 43/5/3
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May 1887

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

'The Zetetic Society offers a premium of one hundred guineas for a lucid and impartial description of the origin, progress, and asserted proofs in support of the globular theory'.

Hampden, John (d 1891) Zetetic astronomer

"The fall of the apple, or the tipsy philosopher"

Adams/Box 43-44/Box 43/5/7
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1800-1891 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Poem against Newton.

Hampden, John (d 1891) Zetetic astronomer

Printed report concluding the Syndicate's business.

Adams/Box 27/1/4
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26 May 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Newton Manuscripts Syndicate

Part of original wrapper for Newton papers

Adams/Box 27/1/2
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25 Oct. 1912

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

With label which reads 'Papers of Prof. Adams about Newton & the Portsmouth MSS. Given me by Mrs Adams I think after Prof. Adams' death in 1892. Of value - to be kept. Oct. 25 1912'.

Unknown (000755)

Papers relating to the Newton Manuscripts Syndicate