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  <dc:title>Letter from J W [John William] Lubbock to [William Henry Smyth], the Secretary of the Telescope Committee</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Offering his remarks on the erection of a telescope. Lubbock questions [Charles Piazzi] Smyth's nomination as superintendent for the job and expresses uncertainty on the ideal location near the equator and at 10,000 feet.

[Written by an amanuensis.]</dc:description>
  <dc:date>18 December 1852</dc:date>
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