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THE astonomical papers in this volume have been ably edited by Prof. Sampson. The first eighteen papers form a connected series on the lunar theory, and are substantially the lectures on that subject which Adams used to deliver at Cambridge. As an aid to the student they probably surpass any text-book that has been written on the subject. It has been said that the difficulties of the lunar theory begin where the text-books usually leave off, but Adams introduces the reader to many of the practical difficulties of the numerical work, such as the slow convergence and small denominators.
The Collected Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams.
Vol. ii. Pp. xxxii + 646. (Cambridge University Press, 1900.)
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The Collected Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams . Nature 64, 576 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064576a0
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