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  <dc:title>Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at Feldhausen</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Copy of letter, copied by Robert Sabine [Charles Wheatstone's son-in-law] as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Checked by Isabella Herschel in 1876. Comments on Charles Wheatstone's work on light and on the velocity of electricity. John Frederick William Herschel's ruminations lead him to the idea of motion pictures.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>8 September 1835</dc:date>
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