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  <dc:title>Letter from T F Elliot, Downing Street, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>In response to Sharpey's letter from 20 May [see related record], asking the Society for its suggestion of a person to prepare materials for a national work on terrestrial physics. Elliot also asks for the appropriate remuneration of that person and any necessary scientific assistants. This will be part of a larger project on various observations and features of the British empire. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>5 November 1859</dc:date>
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