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  <dc:title>Letter from T H Farrer, Office of Committee of Privy Council of Trade, Marine Department, Whitehall, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Requesting the Council of the Society's opinion on practical measures to correct the deviation of compasses on iron vessels. This follows a paper read at the Royal Society by Archibald Smith for himself and [Frederick John Owen] Evans on this topic, [see related material].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>25 June 1861</dc:date>
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