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  <dc:title>Letter, from John P. Gassiot to Sir John Herschel, dated at Clapham Common</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. B.A.A.S. has announced its intention of giving up Kew Observatory. What does he think of the possibility of the Royal Society [of London] taking it over for Magnetic Observations? Sends a copy of the Kew report, also a copy of a letter from [Balfour] Stewart.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>13 February 1871</dc:date>
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