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  <dc:title>Letter from [Sir William] Ramsay, to the Secretaries of The Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Thanking the Royal Society for granting him £50 to investigate the gases from certain minerals, including rubies. Due to the investigation taking a different turn, he requests that the granted fund be reassigned to a different purpose. Stating his reason as being due to difficulties presented by the further investigation of gases given off by certain heated rubies, following the discovery of neon in air. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>22 June 1898</dc:date>
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