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  <dc:title>Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adolphe Quetelet, dated at Feldhausen near Wynberg</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Expresses regret for not writing earlier. Thanks Adolphe Quetelet for meteorological observations. Has complete series of observations from March 1835 to December 1836. Thanks Adolphe Quetelet for reports on papers sent. Will depart in early 1838 and requests duplicates of all observations sent: one to England, one to the Cape. Apprises Adolphe Quetelet of John Frederick William Herschel's work on double stars and nebulae.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>8 June 1837</dc:date>
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