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SHORTLY after the commencement of the publication of the “Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger” by the Government, the late Mr. T. C. Cobbold, M.P. for Ipswich, inquired in the House of Commons whether, inasmuch as this expedition was undertaken with the nation's money for national scientific purposes, a copy of the volumes as published would not be presented to the public libraries supported by public rates, &c. The Government reply was that the expense of supplying the work gratis to such libraries in the different towns throughout the country would be too large.
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BUDDEN, W. Government Scientific Books. Nature 31, 81 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/031081a0
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