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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Does not possess enough knowledge of F. W. Bessel's writing to compose more than a brief obituary on him. Would like Richard Sheepshanks to help [A. B.] Orlebar of the Bombay Observatory by providing a corresponding observation of the occultation of alpha Virginis on 19 January.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 April 1846</dc:date>
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