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  <dc:title>Letter from [Herbert Hall] Turner, Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, to the Secretary of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Turnerr has been 'directed by the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society to communicate to you a resolution of the Eclipse Committee' 'that the Royal Society be addressed with a view to the formation of a joint committee for the consideration of arrangments for observing the total solar eclipse of 1893'. Remarks that the Eclipse Committee is a permanent commitee of the Royal Astronomical Society, and lists the members. Refers to the Committee dealing with arrangments for the previous total solar eclipse in 1889. At a recent meeting of the Committee it was resolved to send four observers to the West African station 'provided the sum of £600 can be obtained'. Turner requests the Secretary to bring this matter under the consideration of the Council of the Royal Society.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>8 April 1892</dc:date>
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