Printed report concluding the Syndicate's business.

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Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician

Wallop, Isaac Newton (1825-1891) 5th Earl of Portsmouth

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

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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

'A catalogue of the Earl of Portsmouth's collection of books and papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton ...' (Cambridge: C.U.P., 1888)Adams/Box 27/1

Typescript letter signed to St John's College LibraryAdams/Box 27/1/1

Part of original wrapper for Newton papersAdams/Box 27/1/2

List of papers relating to the Newton MSS Syndicate at the Royal Aeronautical Society (Now Box 27).Adams/Box 27/1/3

Printed report concluding the Syndicate's business.Adams/Box 27/1/4

Autograph letter signed to H.R. LuardAdams/Box 27/1/5

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/6

Autograph letter signed to Charles TaylorAdams/Box 27/1/7.1

Autograph letter signed to Charles TaylorAdams/Box 27/1/7.2

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/8.1

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/8.2

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/8.3

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/8.4

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/9

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/10

?Draft aurograph letter signed to Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of PortsmouthAdams/Box 27/1/11

Autograph letter signed to J.C. AdamsAdams/Box 27/1/12

Lists of Newton papers copied, still to be copied, to be returned to Lord Portsmouth, etc. for the Newton MSS Syndicate.Adams/Box 27/2/1-9

Lists of location and content of various Newton papers, for the Newton MSS SyndicateAdams/Box 27/3/1-13

Unidentified calculations, connected with the Moon.Adams/Box 27/4/1-2

Notes on Newton's Principia.Adams/Box 27/4/3

Notes "Newcomb's relation between the mean longitudes of Hyperion and Titan is...".Adams/Box 27/4/4

NotesAdams/Box 27/4/5

Notes on Leibnitz.Adams/Box 27/4/6-7

Notes from Francis Baily's 'An account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer-Royal' (London, 1835)Adams/Box 27/4/8

'Notes on the writing of the Principia'.Adams/Box 27/4/9-11

Corrected galley proofs of part of "On the lunar inequalities produced by the motion of the ecliptic".Adams/Box 27/4/12-13

Notes on Damoiseau.Adams/Box 27/5/14-15

Fragments of notesAdams/Box 27/5/16-17

Fragments of mathematicsAdams/Box 27/5/18-20

Notes on NewtonAdams/Box 27/5/21-35

Transcripts of correspondence with Robert Hooke and Edmund HalleyAdams/Box 27/6

Transcripts of correspondenceAdams/Box 27/7

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/8

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/9/1-3

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/10/1-4

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/11/1-3

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/12/1

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/13/1-2

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/14/1-3

Copies of papersAdams/Box 27/15/1-2

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 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