'Kinematic bi-circloids. Parabolites'

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Papers of John Couch AdamsAdams

Correspondence about the collection; folder of photographs of Newton manuscripts; stray, unidentified letters, parts of letters and enclosures from lettersAdams/Box 1

Correspondence between J.C. Adams and Sir George Biddell AiryAdams/Box 2

Letters from Francis Bashforth and others to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 3

Letters from J.C. Adams, and some from Eliza Adams, to Francis BashforthAdams/Box 4

Correspondence received by J.C. Adams, A-Z by authorAdams/Box 5-15

Adams's own drafts and copies of correspondence sentAdams/Box 16

Adams's undergraduate notebooks and notebooks used by him when teachingAdams/Box 17

Adams's research notebooks on astronomical subjectsAdams/Box 18

Adams's research on astronomical and mathematical subjects (loose papers)Adams/Box 19

Adams's early diaries, papers relating to University administration, general memorabiliaAdams/Box 20

Adams's diariesAdams/Box 21

Eliza Adams's diariesAdams/Box 22

JuveniliaAdams/Box 23

Papers given by Mrs Horne, in 1990, including correspondence, early diaries, correspondence post mortem etc.Adams/Box 24-26

Papers relating to the Newton Manuscripts SyndicateAdams/Box 27

Correspondence, mostly to and from Eliza Adams, after J.C. Adams's deathAdams/Box 28

Correspondence, mostly to and from Eliza Adams and Donald MacAlister, after J.C. Adams's deathAdams/Box 29

Correspondence and papers of the Adams Memorial CommitteeAdams/Box 30-32

Transcripts of papers and letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlisterAdams/Box 33

Transcripts of letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlisterAdams/Box 34

Transcripts of letters from J.C. Adams, A-Z by recipient, and transcripts of miscellaneous correspondence, made for Donald MacAlisterAdams/Box 35-38

Transcripts of J.C. Adams's diary and scientific papers, made for Donald MacAlisterAdams/Box 39

Transcripts of articles about J.C. Adams, made for Donald MacAlisterAdams/Box 40

Text of Donald MacAlister's biography of J.C. Adams, and correspondence relating to itAdams/Box 41

Biographical papers by members of the Adams family, William Smart and othersAdams/Box 42

Miscellaneous printed material including: items originally sent enclosed with letters, cuttings and articles about Neptune, obituaries of Adams's colleagues and contemporariesAdams/Box 43-44

Miscellaneous printed material, A-J by authorAdams/Box 43-44/Box 43

Miscellaneous printed material, L-W by authorAdams/Box 43-44/Box 44

Cutting from French newspaper announcing WL's discovery of a satellite of SaturnAdams/Box 43-44/Box 44/1/1

Le Figaro, 5 Aug. 1877Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/1/2

Preface and list of contents, issued by way of advertisement, to 'A sketch of a philosophy. Part I. Mind: its powers and capacities and its relation to matter' ( London: Williams & Norgate, 1868)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/2/1

'Foundation of the new system of science. A synopsis of the new law of gravitation, or the mode of the exchange of the reciprocation of the forces'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/2/2

'A mode of trisecting a plane rectilineal angle ... by the use of circles and straight lines only...' (Horsham, 1875)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/2/3

'All articles of the Darwin faith' (London: Moffatt, Paige, and Co., 1875)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/2/4

'First elements of religion' (Privately printed, 1889)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/3/1

'Genealogical memoranda relating to the family of Newton' (London: Taylor and Co., 1871)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/3/2

Resolution of the Philosophical Club to canvass the opinion of the Linnaean, Geological, Chemical and Astronomical Societies as to the desirability of their sharing a building.Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/3/3

Printed papersAdams/Box 43-44/Box 44/3/4

'Geometric maps exhibiting the method of delineating curves through the intersections of trigonometric lines'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1

'An easy rule for formulizing, by the binomial theorem, all epicyclical curves with one moving circle (Bi-Circloids of Perigal)'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1a

'Supplementary considerations to Mr. S.M. Drach's epicyclical papers'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1b

'Classification of ratios'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1c

'On the misuse of technical terms'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1d

'Contributions to kinematics. Classification of bi-circloids, curves of two curvatures (in the same plane), the resultants of two circular movements'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1e

'The retrogressive parabola derived from the circle'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1f

'Transformations of a kinematic curve, dependent on the ratio of radical adjustment. 20th bi-circloid'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1g

'Kinematic bi-circloids'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1h

'Kinematic bi-circloids. Parabolites'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/1i

'Further researches in mathematical science, embracing the appendix of "the two discoveries" ... By the author of "The two discoveries"' (Bridgwater: Clement Pine, 1875)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/2

'Scientific skylarks, and the new Bible commentary: the all-glorious wisdom, goodness, and power of Jehovah manifested in the creation of the Sun, Moon, stars, and all the host of the heavenly orbs' (London: Houlston & Sons, 1872)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/4/3

'Letter addressed to the President and Vice-Presidents of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at its 32nd annual meeting, held in Cambridge, in 1862' (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1862)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/5/1

'The trisection of the angle' (London: Bleach and Dearling, 1872)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/5/2

'The quadrature of the circle' (London: Bleach and Dearling, 1872)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/5/3

'The impossible problem' (London: Shaw & Sons, 1876)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/5/4

'[Gamma] Virginis. Results of the measures of this binary object for the epoch 1857 - as determined by Rear-Admiral Smyth, at the Hartwell Observatory, with a double-wire micrometer, under a power of 340'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/6/1

Unbound extract from Thomson and Tait's 'Treatise on Natural Philosophy' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1867)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/6/2

Resolutions of a meeting held to nominate and support W.H. Bateson in the election for Public Orator of the UniversityAdams/Box 43-44/Box 44/6/3

'Changes in the condition of celestial bodies'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/7/1

'Om de Gamla Egyptiska Laroverken' (Upsala: Ed. Berling, 1871)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/7/2

Preface and table F from Willich's 'Popular tables' 3rd ed. (London, 1853)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/7/3

'Two planets beyond Neptune and the motion of the solar system. A speculation' (London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1875)Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/8/1

Biographical entry for J.C. Adams from reference bookAdams/Box 43-44/Box 44/8/2

'England's destiny. By or before the expiration of the year 1873 England's Church and State ... will, each and all, have met with a most unexpected and crushing reverse ...'Adams/Box 43-44/Box 44/8/3

Annotated flyleaf from early 18th century bookAdams/Box 43-44/Box 44/8/4

Miscellaneous printed pamphlets and bound books, mostly referred to in the correspondenceAdams/Box 45

'Manuscripts on the perturbations of Uranus by J.C. Adams 1841-1846 arranged and described by R.A. Sampson 1901'Adams/W.16