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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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Letter from Newton for Publication, c 1880 (Original letter dated May 1712.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.39: 510-512
Scope and Contents

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Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated May 1712.)
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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Letter from Newton to Oldenburg, accompanying a Latin Letter on Series, c 1880 (Original letter dated 13 June 1676.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.11: 155
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 13 June 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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Letter from Sir G.B. Airy to J.C. Adams, 26 Jan. 1857

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6008/18
Dates: 26 Jan. 1857
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter to Porter from John Couch Adams, Observatory, Cambridge, 19 Jan. 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8576/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).

Dates: 19 Jan. 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters from Flamsteed to Newton, and from Wallis to Newton, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Worcester, c 1880 (Original letter dated 29 December 1698.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.35: 439-457
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 29 December 1698.)
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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Miscellaneous Copies of Newton Correspondence, c 1880 (Original letters dated 1693-1716.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.22: 279-317
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 1693-1716.)
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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Scraps written by Newton on the back of Pemberton's letters, c 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.69: 818-821
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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Timeline of Newton's dealings with Cambridge University, c 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.1: 1-3
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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Two copy letters from John Collins to Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated 3 August and 9 September 1676.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.12: 156-159
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 3 August and 9 September 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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