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  <dc:title>Letter from Herman Merivale, India Office, to Lieutenant-General [Edward] Sabine, President of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Requesting Sabine to select the new magnetical instruments to be supplied to the Bombay [Mumbai] Observatory. Merivale forwards a list of the instruments and relevant information as to their cost and delivery requirements. 
The back of the letter contains a draft response from Sabine, dated 31 January, agreeing to the selection process and assuring Merivale that he will let him know prior to their transport to Mumbai.

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  <dc:date>30 January 1868</dc:date>
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