The Net Advance of Physics:
History and Philosophy: James Challis

• James Challis [MNRAS 43, 160 (1883)] Very long obituary.
• Neptune-Discovery Correspondence Archive maintained by the e-journal Dio.
• The Challis 'Meteorscope' by Alastair McBeath [WGN 32, 141 (2004)] A device for measuring the position of meteors in the sky.
• Extraordinary Astronomical Discovery at the Cambridge Observatory! A Cambridge insider joke from 1838.

• WORKS:
  • Two New Theorems Relating to the Moon's Orbit by Rev. James Challis [Astronomical Journal 3, 189 (1854)]
  • On the Problem of Three Bodies by Rev. James Challis [Phil. Trans. R.S.L. 146, 523 (1856)]
  • Creation in Plan and Progress: being an Essay on the First Chapter of Genesis by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Macmillan, 1861]
  • A Translation of the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Romans by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1871]
  • Neo-Newtonian Trilogy:
    • Notes on the Principles of Pure and Applied Calculation ; and Applications of Mathematical Principles to Theories of the Physical Forces by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1869]
    • An Essay on the Mathematical Principles of Physics by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1873]
    • Remarks on the Cambridge Mathematical Studies, and their Relation to Modern Physical Science by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1875]
  • Lectures on Practical Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1879]
  • An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality by Rev. James Challis [London: Rivingtons, 1880]
  • The Counting and the Interpretation of the Apocalyptic "Number of the Beast" by Rev. James Challis [London: Rivingtons, 1881]

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