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  <dc:title>Copy letter from Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], to Colonel George Edward Gouraud, Little Menlo, Upper Norwood</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Politely declines Gourand's offer of 2 August, to allow the Royal Society to make use of Thomas Edison's Phonograph to demonstrate 'its powers'. The Society is in vacation and so any demonstration would not be possible, though the offer is appreciated.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>13 August 1888</dc:date>
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