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  <dc:title>Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Takes a moment to write. Sends various brochures and observations on magnetic intensity in Germany. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to give a copy of it to [Charles] Babbage and [Henry] Kater. Congratulates John Frederick William Herschel on being named correspondent to the Institute of France. Lost his father-in-law. Has asked [James] South to press construction of Adolphe Quetelet's instruments, but no luck. Requests John Frederick William Herschel visit Edward Troughton and the instruments.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>3 May 1830</dc:date>
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