拍品专文
Adams' paper was also published in the Appendix to the Nautical Almanac for the Year 1851 (London, 1847).
II. Astronomy
ADAMS, John Couch (1819-1892). An Explanation of the observed irregularities in the motion of Uranus, on the hypothesis of disturbances caused by a more distant planet, London: W. Clowes, 1846, 8°, PRESENTATION COPY, title inscribed: "To H. L. Rothery, Esqre. with the author's compliments," contemporary cloth (spine a little worn) [Dibner Heralds of Science 16; Honeyman 38] Provenance: James Stokley; Herbert McLean Evans (bookplates); and an earlier book on comets by Andrew Oliver (defective). (2)
细节
ADAMS, John Couch (1819-1892). An Explanation of the observed irregularities in the motion of Uranus, on the hypothesis of disturbances caused by a more distant planet, London: W. Clowes, 1846, 8°, PRESENTATION COPY, title inscribed: "To H. L. Rothery, Esqre. with the author's compliments," contemporary cloth (spine a little worn) [Dibner Heralds of Science 16; Honeyman 38] Provenance: James Stokley; Herbert McLean Evans (bookplates); and an earlier book on comets by Andrew Oliver (defective). (2)