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Fayrer, James, fl1820 (assistant at the Cape Observatory)

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Correspondence with Edward Troughton, 1820

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 192a-200a
Scope and Contents

Five letters concerning a zenith instrument for the Cape Observatory and the appointment of Troughton's young relative, James Fayrer, as assistant there.

Dates: 1820
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