St John's Library/Adams/Box 16 contains:
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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
14/3	Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
15/1	Draft? autograph letter signed to Charles Delaunay
15/2	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	16/13/5
Creator	John Couch Adams, 1819-1892
Covering Dates	13 Feb. 1866
Extent and Medium	4p; paper

Content and context

Comments on De La Rue's speech on awarding Gold Medal of RAS to JCA. Whether a quotation from Herschel should be included. Whether LeVerrier should be mentioned in light of his and Delaunay's part in the controversy over the secular variation of the moon's mean motion. Accuracy of Hansen's and Plana's theories. Encloses copy of Delaunay's letter.

Index Terms

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Rue, Warren De La (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Le (1811-1877) astronomer

Delaunay, Charles-Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician

Hansen, Peter Andreas (1795-1874) astronomer

Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781-1864) astronomer and mathematician

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