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  <dc:title>Letter from G B [George Biddell] Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Regarding F W [Frederick William] Beechey's observations of the tidal streams around Britain and the way in which they, according to Airy, completely alter the science of the tides. Airy would support an application from the Society to the government for a ship to examine the tidal currents in the North Sea for another year. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>31 January 1852</dc:date>
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