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  <dc:title>Copy letter from Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to General N. Artamanoff, Chief of the Topographic Section of the Etat-Major, St Petersburg</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Acknowledges receipt of the letter regarding the 2.5 metre standards lent by General N. Artamanoff's Department for the measurement of an arc of meridian in Africa. Expresses extreme regret at the damaged condition of the apparatus when it arrived at St Petersburg. Assures him that enquiries are underway into the way the apparatus was packed, how it was forwarded, and promises that futher communication will be sent to Artamanoff with the least possible delay.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>24 April 1909</dc:date>
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