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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanking him for the third volume of J. E. Montucla's Histoire de mathématiques. Gives functional equations for his comments. Is afraid that he will not be able to visit Cornwall this summer.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>16 May 1818</dc:date>
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