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"On the form of the solid of least resistance" Draft of letter from Newton to David Gregory, 1694... etc. MS copies of documents printed in the Appendix to the Preface of the printed catalogue of the Portsmouth Papers (copy in Box 27).

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

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

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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