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  <dc:title>Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Carl Friedrich Gauss, dated at Slough</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Draft in John Herschel's hand. Carl Friedrich Gauss has been elected associate of the Astronomical Society. Hopes the benefits will be mutual. Details of the prize subject for the present year. Has read Carl Friedrich Gauss's communications on the Reichenbach circle to the Society, where it evoked great interest. Comments on this. Carl Friedrich Gauss's certificate has been signed by Fearon Fallows, newly appointed Cape astronomer.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 February 1821</dc:date>
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