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. (From the Appendix to the Nautical Almanac for the year 1851.)
London: W. Clowes & Sons, 1846. First separate edition, presentation copy inscribed by Adams, of the discovery of Neptune, “undeniably one of the major scientific events of the nineteenth century” (Lequeux, p. 22). Adams (1819-92) and the French astronomer Urban Le Verrier (1811-77) independently predicted the existence and position of..... More
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