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St John's Library/Adams/Box 16 contains:
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38/1 Draft autograph letter to J.R. Hind
38/2 Draft? autograph letter signed to J.R. Hind
39/1 Draft? autograph letter signed to Mr Law
40/1 Draft autograph letter signed to U.J.J. Le Verrier
41/1 Autograph letter signed to Miss Bessie Lloyd
42/1 Printed letter to the Senate of the University of London
43/1 Copy of letter to J.W. Lubbock
44/1 Copy of autograph letter signed to John Lubbock
45/1 Autograph letter signed to George Martin
46/1 Autograph letter signed to J.E.B. Mayor
47/1 Draft autograph letter to Charles Merivale
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Papers of John Couch Adams

Title Draft? autograph letter to Richard Sheepshanks or J.F.W. Herschel
Reference 16/59/1
Creator John Couch Adams, 1819-1892
Covering Dates 25 Oct. 1848
Extent and Medium 3p; paper
Content and context

Incomplete. Addressee not identified: probably either Sheepshanks or Herschel. JCA gives permission for note refuting Pierce to be sent. Origin of the value of mean distance of Neptune, used in calculations of perturbations of Uranus.

Index Terms
Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer
Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
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