Correspondence, [not after 2000]. [manuscript]. [not after 2000].

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Correspondence, [not after 2000]. [manuscript]. [not after 2000].

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Photocopies of Sedgwick letters from Cambridge University Library complementing R. Brough Smyth. The letters were written between 22nd February,1856 and 15th July, 1858. Includes an issue of Historical Records of Australian Science, volume 13, number 1 on Robert Brough Smyth : his early years as revealed by his correspondence with Adam Sedgwick.

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