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  <dc:title>Letter from [Charles] Piazzi Smyth, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, to the Secretary of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Reporting of assistant secretary [Charles Richard] Weld's refusal to accept a delivery of a box of copies of the seventh volume of the Edinburgh Astronomical Observations. Smyth heavily criticises Weld's reaction as a grave insult and requests its rectification.  

[Responded to by Weld on 18 February 1848, clarifying the Royal Society's position in relation to the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and justifying his refusal of the box of volumes.]</dc:description>
  <dc:date>14 February 1848</dc:date>
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