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  <dc:title>Letter, from Joseph Johann Littrow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vienna</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Has requested the government to forward payment for the clock. Regarding variations in the observations of F. W. Bessel, John Pond, etc. Has high opinion of Bessel's work. Has been sending books for Thomas Catton, but he never replies. How is Greenwich Observatory heated? Some observatories have troubles with dampness. Recommends book by K. W. Feuerbach.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>3 January 1823</dc:date>
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