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  <dc:title>Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Herschel returns Colonel Walkers letter to Sabine, and has looked over their correspondence regarding the establishment of a ‘great refractor’ at Masouri [Mussoorie]. Herschel maintains that a first class refractor is not needed in India, and argues there are no special characteristics there to justify the great expense of such a project.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>5 December 1866</dc:date>
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