Janus: Papers of John Couch Adams

St John's Library/Adams contains:
<-- See earlier
Box 29	Correspondence, mostly to and from Eliza Adams and Donald MacAlister, after J.C. Adams's death
Box 30-32	Correspondence and papers of the Adams Memorial Committee
Box 33	Transcripts of papers and letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 34	Transcripts of letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 35-38	Transcripts of letters from J.C. Adams, A-Z by recipient, and transcripts of miscellaneous correspondence, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 39	Transcripts of J.C. Adams's diary and scientific papers, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 40	Transcripts of articles about J.C. Adams, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 41	Text of Donald MacAlister's biography of J.C. Adams, and correspondence relating to it
Box 42	Biographical papers by members of the Adams family, William Smart and others
Box 43-44	Miscellaneous printed material including: items originally sent enclosed with letters, cuttings and articles about Neptune, obituaries of Adams's colleagues and contemporaries
Box 45	Miscellaneous printed pamphlets and bound books, mostly referred to in the correspondence
See later -->

Papers of John Couch Adams

Title	Transcripts of J.C. Adams's diary and scientific papers, made for Donald MacAlister
Reference	Box 39
Creator	John Couch Adams, 1819-1892
Covering Dates	7 Aug. 1837–1890 (Some undated.)
Extent and Medium	51 items; paper

St John's Library/Adams/Box 39 contains:

1/1

Memoranda. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

7 Aug. 1837–16 Feb. 1837

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Memorandum 12 Apr. 1840 "Repentance for sins, especially my besetting sin...". Also copy of diary entry 8 June 1840. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

12 Apr. 1840–8 June 1840

1/3

Diary entries referring to work on the perturbations of Uranus. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

19 Aug. 1841–16 Sep. 1846

2/1

Diary entries 1840. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
24 sheets; paper.

5 June 1840–31 Dec. 1840

3/1-2

Diary entries 1841. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
24 sheets; paper.

1 Jan. 1841–31 Dec. 1841

4/1

Diary entries 1842. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
10 sheets; paper.

1 Jan. 1842–7 Nov. 1842

5/1

Diary entries 1844. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

12 Feb. 1844–16 Feb. 1844

5/2

Diary entries [1846]. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper.

9 Mar. 1846–28 Mar. 1846

5/3

Diary entries 1847. Statement, in hand of Mrs A. at head, that she cannot find any diaries between 1843 and 1847. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

23 Aug. 1847–1 Sep. 1847

5/4

Diary entries 1848. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

29 Mar. 1848–5 Apr. 1848

6/1

Diary entries 1851. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
5 sheets; paper.

1 Jan. 1851–22 Oct. 1851

7/1-2

Diary entries 1853. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
16p; paper.

23 Feb. 1853–22 Dec. 1853

8/1

Diary entries 1854. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

26 Apr. 1854–16 Sep. 1854

8/2

Diary entries 1855. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper.

17 Apr. 1855–22 Dec. 1855

8/3

Diary entries 1856. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

1 Jan. 1856–16 Dec. 1856

8/4

Diary entries 1857. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

13 Jan. 1857-Dec. 1857

8/5

Diary entries 1858. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

10 Mar. 1858–26 Mar. 1858

9/1

Diary entries 1860. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

13 Feb. 1860–27 June 1860

9/2

Diary entries 1861. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

4 Jan. 1861–13 Apr. 1861

9/3

Diary entries 1866. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
7p; paper.

17 Aug. 1866–13 Sep. 1866

9/4

Notes on Adams's diaries 1867-1871. Made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

1867–1871

10/1

Diary entries 1872. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

29 July 1872–30 July 1872

10/2

Diary entries 1874. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

1 Jan. 1874–22 May 1874

10/3

Diary entries 1877. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
4p; paper.

15 Jan. 1877–31 Dec. 1877

10/4

Diary entries 1878. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
4p; paper.

3 Jan. 1878–12 Oct. 1878

10/5

Diary entries 1879. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

5 Jan. 1879–23 Dec. 1879

11/1

Diary entries 1880. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

9 Feb. 1880–12 Apr. 1880

11/2

Diary entries 1881. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

10 Feb. 1881–2 Mar. 1881

11/3

Diary entries 1883. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
5p; paper.

15 Jan. 1883–5 Dec. 1883

11/4

Diary entries 1884. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper.

3 Jan. 1884–3 Dec. 1884

11/5

Diary entries 1885. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

24 Apr. 1885–23 Dec. 1885

12/1

Diary entries 1887. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

1 Jan. 1887–3 Oct. 1887

12/2

Diary entry 1888. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper.

27 Feb. 1888–27 Sep. 1888

12/3

Diary entries 1889. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper.

1 Jan. 1889–18 Dec. 1889

12/4

Diary entries 1890. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper.

1 Jan. 1890–1 June 1890

13/1

Typescript copy of report. "Extract from Report of the Council of the General Annual Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society held 12th Feby. 1847" Copied from Monthly Notices of the RAS, Vol. 7 No. 12 p 214-217. On the award of the RAS's Gold Medal for the discovery of Neptune. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Royal Astronomical Society.
6 sheets; paper.

12 Feb. 1847

14/1

Copy of paper 'On the perturbations of Uranus'. Copied from Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 16 (1847) or Appendix to the Nautical Almanac, 1851. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
13 sheets; paper.

1847–1851

14/2

Copy of poem 'Neptune's Soliloquy'. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Unknown.
2 sheets; paper.

Nov. 1847

15/1

Copy of paper. Description of eclipse of 1851. Copied from MS. Printed in JCA "On the total eclipse of the Sun, 28 July 1851 as seen at Frederiksvaern", Memoirs of the RAS, Vol. 21 (1852). Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: George Downing Liveing, 1827-1924.
2 sheets; paper.

28 July 1851

16/1

Copy of paper. Vindication "of Sir Isaac Newton from the imputation of a mistake regarding the motion of the apse of the moon's orbit...". copied from the Athenaeum, 25 Aug. 1877. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper.

25 Aug. 1877

16/2

Copy of paper. "The relative position of the two heads of Biela's Comet", Monthly Notices RAS, 14 Mar. 1846. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

14 Mar. 1846

17/1

Copy of paper. Copy of JCA's contribution to the Prime Meridian Conference, Washington, October 1884, Protocol VI, of 20 Oct. p170-172. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
4 sheets; paper.

20 Oct. 1884

18/1

Copy of paper. "Ring dial usually small & portable consisting of...". Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper.

1819–1892

18/2

Copy of paper. "Card trick & solution by Profr. Adams." Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper.

1819–1892

18/3

Copy of paper. "Card trick & solution by Profr. Adams." Same trick as at 39/18/2. Explanation at end in JCA's hand.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper.

1819–1892

18/4

Copy of paper. "I think it highly desirable that we should endeavour to awaken an interest in the study of the physical sciences..." . Probably evidence given by JCA to the Science Commission.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p, envelope; paper.

1819–1892

18/5

Copy of paper. Unidentified scrap of mathematics. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

1819–1892

19/1

Copy of J.C. Adams's copy of 2 small notebooks of Newton's. Transcript made for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727.
Notebook; paper.

1659–1669

20/1

Notes on lunar subjects copied by F. Harrison from MSS sent her by JCA. See correspondence between them.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
30 leaves, many blank; paper.

1819–1892