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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Radcliffe Birt, dated at Collingwood</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letter in hand of amanuensis, partly signed by sender. Lord Auckland [George Eden] asked John Frederick William Herschel to edit [Admiralty Manual] for officers on surveying and exploring expeditions. Charles Wheatstone will prepare instructions for meteorological observations. Asks William Radcliffe Birt to write instructions on detecting 'atmospheric waves and barometric fluctuations.'</dc:description>
  <dc:date>23 December 1847</dc:date>
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