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  <dc:title>Letter from Elie Wartmann, Geneva, to General [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Describing some experiments he has conducted on the effect of pressure on electric conductibility in metallic wires. In his experiments, Wartmann refers to the methods established by [Samuel Hunter] Christie and [Charles] Wheatstone. The background is a proposed second cable for transatlantic telegraphy, announced in the press. 

[The letter was printed in the 'Proceedings', see related material.]</dc:description>
  <dc:date>3 January 1859</dc:date>
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