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  <dc:title>Maskelyne papers</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letters between Nevil Maskelyne and James Lind describing and comparing astronomical observations the two men had made such as the Transit of Venus, eclipses of the sun and moon, comets and meteors and also commenting on the observations of others. Also relating to the use of telescopes and quadrants and regarding taking altitudes through reflection. They are mainly written from Maskelyne at Greenwich to Lind in Edinburgh, though the last three letters are to Lind in Windsor.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1769-1807</dc:date>
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