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St John's Library/Adams/Box 16 contains:
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11/1 Autograph copy of letter signed to J. Challis
11/2 Report on Challis's paper "A direct method of obtaining analytically the mean motions of the apses & nodes of the moon's orbit".
12/1 Draft autograph letter to Caroline Anna Croom Robertson
12/2 Autograph copy of letter signed to G.H. Darwin
13/1 Draft autograph letter signed to W.B. Davis
13/2 Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
13/3 Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
13/4 Pressed copy of autograph letter signed to W. De La Rue
13/5 Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
14/1 Draft autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
14/2 Draft autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
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Papers of John Couch Adams

Title Copy of letter to W. De La Rue
Reference 16/13/2
Creator John Couch Adams, 1819-1892
Covering Dates 18 Jan. 1866
Extent and Medium 7p; paper
Content and context

Incomplete. [JCA's comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS] Theory of moon: where work of Plana and Damoiseau is incorrect and how it might be improved. Errors of Hansen's ditto. Plana's original reception of JCA's theory of the moon.

Index Terms
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Rue, Warren De La (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781-1864) astronomer and mathematician
Montfort, Marie-Charles-Théodore de Damoiseau de (1768-1846) Baron, astronomer
Hansen, Peter Andreas (1795-1874) astronomer
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