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John Couch Adams

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English mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)

Born 1819
Died 1892

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  • Cover of: The scientific papers of John Couch Adams ...

    First published in 1896 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition scientificpapers01adamrich Cover of edition scientificpapers01adamuoft Cover of edition cu31924001077175
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  • Cover of: An explanation of the observed irregularities in the motion of Uranus: on the hypothesis of disturbances caused by a more distant planet : with a determination of the mass, orbit, and position of the disturbing body

    First published in 1846 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition anexplanationob00adamgoog
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  • Cover of: Lectures on the lunar theory

    First published in 1900 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition lecturesonlunart00adamrich Cover of edition lecturesonlunar00sampgoog
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  • Cover of: Reply to various objections which have been brought against his theory of the secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion

    First published in 1860 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Note on the resolution of x ny + 1/x ny - 2 cos n alpha into factors

    First published in 1868 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the motion of the moon's node in the case when the orbits of the sun and moon are supposed to have no eccentricities, and when their mutual inclination is supposed to be indefinitely small

    First published in 1877 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Note on a remarkable property of the analytical expression for the constant term in the reciprocal of the moon's radius vector

    First published in 1878 1 edition in 1 language
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English mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)

Born 1819
Died 1892
Subjects
Lunar theory, Astronomy, Geomagnetism, Orbit, Perturbation (Astronomy), Science, Terrestrial Magnetism
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Moon, Uranus (Planet), Neptune (Planet)

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  • John Couch 1819-1892 Adams

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July 14, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import