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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Wilhelm] Struve, dated at Slough</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. May not be able to separate double stars with the twenty foot reflector. Is reviewing nebulae. Regrets [Josef] Fraunhofer did not live to see WS's work. Speaks of standard catalogue of 2881 stars as joint labor of all observatories. Interested in bright stars with minute companions. [Part of this letter is written on the back of HS/17/111a].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>3 January 1827</dc:date>
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