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  <dc:title>Letter from James Melville Gilliss, Washington, D. C. to Edward Sabine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Refers to Professor [Alexander Dallas] Bache and his visit to Washington. Discussion regarding observations and a registering apparatus. Gilliss thanks Sabine for pointing out his mistakes regarding the dip circle. Refers to Captain [James Buchanan] Riddell’s magnetical instructions. Gilliss briefly refers to observations made in Russia. Discussion regarding the registering declinometer.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>7 January 1858</dc:date>
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