Janus: Papers of John Couch Adams

St John's Library/Adams/Box 2 contains:
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5/1	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
5/2	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
5/3	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
6/1	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
6/2	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
7/1	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
7/2	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
7/3	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
8/1	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
8/2	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
8/3	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
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Papers of John Couch Adams

Title	Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Reference	2/3/2
Creator	Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892
Covering Dates	1 Feb. 1847
Extent and Medium	4p; paper

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Astronomer Royal, 1835-81.

Reply to J.C.A.'s of 29th. Comments on article in Mechanics Mag. Dec. 1846. Advises to wait for new observation of New Planet (Neptune) to measure its distance from sun, not to calculate. Thanks for further figures of position of planet. Does not favour Hansen's methods of calculation, nor LeVerrier's use of single observations. On the Lunar & planetary reductions calculated from Camb. Observatory

(See G.B.A. to J.C.A. 27 Mar.1851 for table of Saturn dated 1 Feb.1847).

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Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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

Hansen, Peter Andreas (1795-1874) astronomer

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