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  <dc:title>Letter from William Pearson, 6 Compton Terrace, Islington, to [Sir Humphry Davy], President of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Requesting permission to use some plates depicting the principal instruments for astronomical observations from volumes of 'Philosophical Transactions' for Pearson's upcoming second volume on 'Practical Astronomy'. References Mr Turnell as his current engraver. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>12 April 1826</dc:date>
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