Formed a design, in the beginning of this week, of investigating, as soon as possible after taking my degree, the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which... Britain's Heritage of Science - Page 122by Sir Arthur Schuster, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1917 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
| 468 pages
...undergraduate of St. John's College, Cambridge, wrote in his diary the following memorandum : — " Formed a design in the beginning of this week, of...irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which are yrt unaccounted for, in order to find whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered... | |
| 1847 - 598 pages
...be found. So early as July 3, 1841, Mr. Adams committed to writing the following memorandum. — " Formed a design, in the beginning of this week, of...after taking my degree, the irregularities in the motions of Uranus, which are yet unaccounted for, in order to find whether they may be attributed to... | |
| Men - 1856 - 986 pages
...however, the latter gentleman obtained the credit. In 1841 M&Aduns formed a design of investigating the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which are yet unaccounted for, in order to W whether they may be attributed to the action of an undisco1<*J piantt beyond it, and, if possible,... | |
| 1861 - 576 pages
...investigating, as soon as pos' sible after taking my degree, the irre' gularities in the motion of Uranus, in ' order to find whether they may be ' attributed to the action of an undis' covered planet beyond it, and, if pos' sible, to determine the elements of its ' orbit, which... | |
| George Washington Moon - 1891 - 1106 pages
...1841, b* hail then formed a design of investigating, аз soon as possible after taking nia dr?ree, " the irregularities in the motion of Uranus which are...yet unaccounted for, in order to find whether they tuy be attributed to the action of an «discovered planet beyond it, and, if f-*aible, thence to determine... | |
| Robert Stawell Ball - 1895 - 400 pages
...found after his death was the following memorandum, dated July the 3rd, 1841 : " Formed a design at the beginning of this week of investigating, as soon...irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which are as yet unaccounted for, in order to find whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered... | |
| 1902 - 460 pages
...celebrated memorandum made by Adams, while an undergraduate at the end of his second year. " 1841 July 3 Formed a design in the beginning' of this week, of...degree, the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, wh. are yet unaccounted for; in order to find whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered... | |
| Herbert Hall Turner - 1904 - 272 pages
...records these facts: "1841, July 3. Formed a design, in the beginning of this week, of investigating, a« soon as possible after taking my degree, the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which were as yet unaccounted for: in order to find whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered... | |
| Robert Forsyth Scott - 1907 - 134 pages
...interesting to members of the College is the following note by John Couch Adams : — "1841 July 3. Formed a design, in the beginning of this week, of...degree, the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, wh. are yet unaccounted for ; in order to find whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered... | |
| Christopher Gordon De Pree, Alan Axelrod - 2004 - 434 pages
...On July 3, 1841, John Couch Adams (1819-1892), a Cambridge University student, wrote in his diary: "Formed a design in the beginning of this week of...degree, the irregularities in the motion of Uranus ... in order to find out whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered planet beyond... | |
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