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  <dc:title>Letter from W N [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to Sir Archibald Geikie, Royal Society, Burlington House</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Concerning future publications of meteorological data from the 'Discovery' Expedition. Shaw notes there are still 'about 1,000 double-folio sheets of observation and maps of circum-polar observations, and the records of the autographic instruments at the winter quarters'. His understanding was that the maps would be printed as a second volume of meteorological work. Captain [Melville Willis Campbell] Hepworth is preparting a draft with the maps reduced to fit '12 maps on an opening'. The autographic records could be published as a normal scientific paper and the Meteorological Committee would likely publish it if the learned societies are not interested. 

Ends with a comment on the confusion over further publications: 'If the Geographical Society would prefer the 'balance' instead of the publication of the results of the expedition which they were at such pains to initiate, I should be delighted to transfer to them the material that we posess, to be dealt with by them in any way that they see fit'.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>7 April 1908</dc:date>
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