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  <dc:title>List, 'Hints of observation' [for a North Pole Voyage], by M.M. [Matthew Maty] </dc:title>
  <dc:description>Seven observational suggestions for voyages to the North Pole, commencing '1. To observe the length of the pendulum wherever it can be done.' Compiled in response to a request from the Board of Longitude, via the President of the Royal Society in preparations for the expeditionary voyage commanded by Constantine John Phipps (1744-1794), later 2nd Baron Mulgrave.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1773</dc:date>
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