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Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1819 - 1892

Biography

John Couch Adams (1819-1892) was born on 5 June 1819 at Lidcot, Cornwall. He entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1839, and became a fellow and tutor after graduating in 1843. Thereafter, he was a fellow of Pembroke College from 1853 until his death. Adams discovered the planet Neptune while carrying out astronomical observations during 1841-1845, and deposited his results with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. He was Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrew's, 1858-1859, and became Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge University in 1858. He was appointed Director of the Cambridge Observatory in 1861, and was President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1851-1853 and 1874-1876. He died on 21 January 1892.

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

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Copies of an English translation in Newton's hand of Leibnitz's letter to Chamberlayne; and of a letter fron Newton to Des Maizeaux, c 1880

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.64: 758-766
Scope and Contents

See 3968.27: 401 ff.

Dates: c 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence between Isaac Newton and David Gregory, c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1691.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.21: 256-278
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1691.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence between Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley, c 1880 (Original Letter dated 16 February 1724/5.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.55: 664-668
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original Letter dated 16 February 1724/5.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence between John Theophilus Desaguliers, Henry Pemberton and Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated between 29 April 1725 and 9 February 1726.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.56: 669-684
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated between 29 April 1725 and 9 February 1726.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence between Keill and Newton, c 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.40: 513-533
Scope and Contents

7 Letters, including one from T Johnson to Keill and one from Variguon(?) to Newton

Dates: c 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence between Newton, Varignon and Bernouilli, c 1880 (Original letter dated 18 September 1721.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.53: 625-660
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 18 September 1721.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence between Varignon and Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1719-1720.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.49: 608-618
Scope and Contents

cf Keynes MS 142; 3968.42: 596r

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1719-1720.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Correspondence Relating to Isaac Newton After His Death, c 1880 (Original letters c 1727.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.57: 685-710
Scope and Contents

Includes family tree (f.699r)

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters c 1727.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Letters from Cotes, Keill and Crownfield to Newton, c 1880 (Original letter dated from 21 September 1710 to 11 July 1711.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.38: 473-509
Scope and Contents

9 Letters

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated from 21 September 1710 to 11 July 1711.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of letters from De Hatzfeld and Horne to Newton, c 1880 (Hatzfeld letter undated; Horne dated '22 August' only.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.63: 750-757
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Hatzfeld letter undated; Horne dated '22 August' only.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Letters from Edmund Halley to Isaac Newton and Thomas Molyneux, and from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letter dated 28 November 1696.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.31: 417-433
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 28 November 1696.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of letters from Gilbert Clerke to Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated from 26 September 1687 to 21 November 1687.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.20: 241-255
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated from 26 September 1687 to 21 November 1687.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of letters from Halley to Newton, c 1880 (Original letter dated 28 September 1695.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.29: 394-412
Scope and Contents

Five letters

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 28 September 1695.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Letters from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letter dated 11 October 1694.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.26: 325-389
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 11 October 1694.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of letters from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated from 11January to 21 March 1695/6.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.30: 413-416
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated from 11January to 21 March 1695/6.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of letters from Pemberton to Newton, concerning the second edition of the Principia, c 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.66: 772-795
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Letters from William Derham and John Lee relating to a biography of Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated 18 July 1733 to '9 August 1833'. The latter is, of course, a mis-copying for 1733.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.60: 738-742
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated 18 July 1733 to '9 August 1833'. The latter is, of course, a mis-copying for 1733.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Letters to Newton from Henry Pemberton, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier and Guillaume Cavelier, c 1880 (Original letters dated from 11 February 1723/4 to 11 May 1724.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.54: 661-663
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated from 11 February 1723/4 to 11 May 1724.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Miscellaneous Newton Correspondence, c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1676.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.16: 180-217
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1676.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Miscellaneous Newton Correspondence, c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1717.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.45: 579-594
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letters dated c 1717.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Newton and Oldenburg correspondence, c 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.5: 24-59
Scope and Contents

Six copy letters.

Dates: c 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Newton and Oldenburg correspondence, c 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.8: 67-130
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Newton and Oldenburg correspondence, c 1880 (Original letter dated 24 September 1672.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.10: 137-154
Scope and Contents

Five letters

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 24 September 1672.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
 Fonds

Copies of Newton-related letters and memoranda, 1875-1886

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 1875-1886
Conditions Governing Access: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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Copies of Newton/Oldenburg Correspondence, c 1880 (Original letter dated 2 January 1666/7.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.15: 173-177
Scope and Contents

Two letters.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 2 January 1666/7.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.
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