...after taking his VOL. XI. Second Series. o degree, investigate " the irregularities in the motions of Uranus, which are yet unaccounted for, in order...determine approximately the elements of its orbit, fyc., which would probably lead to its discovery." Such was the noble resolution taken by this Undergraduate...

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...time, contented himself with jotting down on Saturday, July 3rd, 1841, the following memorandum : — " Formed a design, in the beginning of this week, of...&c., which would probably lead to its discovery." The investigation must indeed have been taken up immediately after his graduation, for already, in...

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...however, the latter gentleman obtained the credit. In 1841 Mr. Adams formed a design of investigating the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which...planet beyond it, and, if possible, thence to determine ipproximately the elements of its orbit. In 1844, through Professor Challis, a correspondence was opened...

...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...

...second long vacation, when he was in his twenty-third year, he made the memorandum, " Formed a design at the beginning of this week of investigating, as soon...planet beyond it; and, if possible, thence to determine the elements of its orbit, etc., approximately, which would probably lead to its discovery." Prof....