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  <dc:title>Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Brought a copy of Mrs. Somerville's book [Mechanism of the Heavens] to Chancellor [Henry Brougham]. Wants John Frederick William Herschel to review it for the Quarterly Review. The Chancellor wishes to know if John Frederick William Herschel would like to be knighted.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>14 September 1831</dc:date>
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