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  <dc:title>Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, 32 Harley Street to Edward Sabine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Herschel thanks Mrs [Elizabeth Juliana Leeves] Sabine for the translation of the third volume of Alexander von Humboldt's Cosmos and admires his work. Herschel questions [Humboldt’s] references in notes. Refers to [Samuel Heinrich] Schwabe’s ‘period of ten years for solar spots’ and the ‘periodicity of the sun’ [referring to the solar cycle]. Discusses meeting for Wintringham Committee.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>15 March 1852</dc:date>
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