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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir Charles Lyell to Sir John Herschel, dated at 53 Harley St.</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Discussion on John Frederick William Herschel's geological specimens took place at the Geological Society on Wednesday. Gives some of the points raised at the meeting. Regarding the length of time that separates the extremes of eccentricity of the earth's orbit. Has raised the matter with G. B. Airy.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>28 April 1865</dc:date>
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