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  <dc:title>Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's proposals to James Adamson regarding education at the Cape. Criticizes Francis Bacon's philosophy. Plans to devote his efforts to philosophy and has begun a history of the sciences. Describes his work on the tides. Richard Jones's professorship at the East India College is in jeopardy.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>9 April 1836</dc:date>
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