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  <dc:title>Letter, from John R. Hind to Sir John Herschel, dated at Twickenham</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends calculation of the Transits of Venus in 2004 and 2012. Cannot find any record of new double stars. Is in doubt about R. Leporis. Quotes an historical incident regarding an eclipse of the sun and the removal of Mahomet's pulpit. Did F. X. von Zach make his calculations himself?</dc:description>
  <dc:date>28 February 1871</dc:date>
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