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  <dc:title>Letter from George [Robert Milne] Murray, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, to A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Was unable to answer Kempe sooner as he was 'ill from vaccination - no doubt with some added impurity', and was waiting to speak with [William] Shackleton before replying. Murray discussed the Melbourne pendulums with Captain [Robert Falcon] Scott last May, who told him they had '"decided not to take them"'. Murray assumed this decision had been taken in consultation with [John Walter] Gregory. Notes that Scott was sensitive about possibly offending Gregory, and Murray suggests one of Gregory's letters must have caused a genuine misunderstanding. Shackleton agrees with his statement.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>23 December 1901</dc:date>
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