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  <dc:title>Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brie Maritime</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Describes travels abroad and their educational value, news on balloon ascents, barometer corrections, Henri Regnault's hygrometer, invention of electric weaver and other new applications of electricity throughout Europe.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>26 October 1853</dc:date>
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