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  <dc:title>Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Margate</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. B.A.A.S. defers letter from [John] Washington to Magnetic Committee. Asks for John Frederick William Herschel's approval for funding [Robert] Schomburgk's portable magnetic observatory. Joh</dc:description>
  <dc:date>4 December 1840</dc:date>
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