Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1847-1887.

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Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1847-1887.

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Materials by or relating to John Couch Adams can be found in the following series: Lubbock Letters: 27 letters. Referees Reports: reports by J. C. Adams on papers by (i) William Thomson; (ii) W. H. L. Russell; (iii) A. H. Curtis; (iv) W. J. M. Rankine; (v) J. South; (vi) T. A. Hirst; (vii) Breen; (viii) J. A. Broun; (ix) M. W. Crofton; (x) G. H. Darwin; (xi) E. J. Stone; (xii) C. Chambers; (xiii) W. D. Niven. Herschel Letters: 8 letters to J. F. W. Herschel. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 3 letters to the Royal Society. Manuscripts (General): 2 letters to Walter White; 1 letter to R. W. Fox in the Fox Letters; 1 letter to Edward Sabine in the Sabine Letters. Miscellaneous Manuscripts: 1 letter to the Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions: 1 paper.

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