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  <dc:title>Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Please send instructions as to how he would like the rock crystals cut so that he can pass the instructions on to Wilson Lowry. Is sending two drawings of John Frederick William Herschel. Has heard from David Brewster that Edinburgh has established a prize like that of Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford).</dc:description>
  <dc:date>5 January 1820</dc:date>
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