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  <dc:title>Letter from Charles Pasley, Gravesend to Edward Sabine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Pasley received Professor [William Parkinson] Wilson’s letter and ‘the authority of the Colonial Treasurers to enter into’ a contract [regarding a southern equatorial telescope]. Pasley’s instructions are to enter into a contract with the approval of Sabine and the Council of The Royal Society, with the cost not exceeding £5000. Pasley suggests [Thomas] Grubb should send ‘a short description or specification of the telescope’ to be attached to the contract. Refers to hearing from Professor [Georg Balthasar] Neumayer, and remarks on his satisfaction ‘with the terms of the contract’.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>30 October 1865</dc:date>
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