John Couch Adams
1819 - 1892
- Born
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5 June 1819
Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, England
- Died
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21 January 1892
The Observatory, Cambridge, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 07/06/1849
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 30
- Occupation
- Mathematician and astronomer
- Relationships
- Parents: Thomas Adams (1788–1859), tenant farmer, and Tabitha Knill Grylls (1796–1866), a farmer's daughter. Siblings: William Grylls Adams (FRS 1872) Spouse: Eliza Bruce, daughter of Halliday Bruce of Dublin (2 May 1863)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'Supplementary note on the values of the Napierian logarithms of 2, 3, 5, 7, and 10, and of the Modulus of common logarithms' by John Couch Adams
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: PP/10/5 -
Paper, 'On the secular variation of the moon's mean motion' by J C [John Couch] Adams
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: PT/47/6 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the secular variation of the moon's mean motion' by John Couch Adams
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/2/1 -
Referee's report by John Lubbock, on a paper 'On the secular variation of the moon's mean motion' by John Couch Adams
Creator: John William Lubbock Reference number: RR/2/2
Referee of
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Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on several unnamed papers by William Thomson
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/1/245 -
Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the theory of definite integrals' by William Henry Leighton Russell
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/2/210 -
Letter from John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/3/230 -
Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'Elements of a mathematical theory of elasticity' by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/3/262 -
Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the gyroscope' by Arthur Hill Curtis
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/4/59 -
Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the volumes of pedal surfaces' by Thomas Archer Hirst
Creator: John Couch Adams Reference number: RR/5/120
Recipient of
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Letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Couch Adams, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/5 -
Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Couch Adams, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/42
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
10 letters