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  <dc:title>Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Slough</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Sends 40 pages of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] along with suggestions for improvement. Suggests clarifying the principles of the first chapter and a fuller explanation of various other principles.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>23 February 1830</dc:date>
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