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  <dc:title>Letter, from Richard John Nelson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stoke, Devonport</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel may recall meeting him at the Cape in March 1836. Now had a query regarding the size and limits of zodiacal light. Quotes case of errors in observations made by the Captain and Mate of a ship on which RN was returning from the Cape. Has now retired from the service.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>15 November 1870</dc:date>
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