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  <dc:title>Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to J. Melvill</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. Does not think Mr. Thornton's pamphlets solve the problem of squaring the circle as the circle is 3/4 of the circumscribed square. Comments further on these theories.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>10 May 1867</dc:date>
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