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  <dc:title>Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.

Prominent correspondents include: Richard Sheepshanks; Alfred Smee; Andrew Smith; Charles Piazzi Smyth; Mary Somerville; William Somerville; Sir James South.

Also contains a letter from James South to Sir William Herschel introducing himself and asking for a contribution towards a fund to place a bust of Edward Troughton in Greenwich Observatory (HS/16/412).</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1820-1869</dc:date>
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