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  <dc:title>Letter, from John Wrottesley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wolverhampton [Staffordshire]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Invites Herschels to view James Glaisher's next balloon ascent, sometime after 20 Aug. Glaisher's report to B.A.A.S. on eight ascents is just out. John Wrottesley identifies rapid ascent as cause of observation errors. Predicts adoption of imported [metric] 'Decimal Scale' from Continent.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>14 August 1863</dc:date>
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