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  <dc:title>Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Asking John Frederick William Herschel for his views on Charles Babbage's calculating machine, so that he can pass on the information to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>16 September 1842</dc:date>
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