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Herschel2680

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[11 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.372 (C: RS:HS 24:104)
Summary:

Comments on the political change within Italy. Answers questions about spectrum analysis, spectra of nebulae, and [solar] 'willow leaves.' Says the view of universe as a collection of billiard balls is problematic. Includes postscript from JH's daughter Bella describing family events.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2681

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.373
Summary:

Thanks him for papers he sent. Has finished her last work. Disappointed that science is often devoted to war and weaponry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2682

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.374
Summary:

Thanks for correcting proof sheets. Discusses JH's and [William] Grove's views on correlating physical forces. Tends to trust JH's views.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2683

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.375
Summary:

Thanks JH for saving her from publishing a fault-filled book. Describes eruptions of Vesuvius. Agnes [Greig] enjoyed visiting the Herschels. MS wishes she could see them again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2684

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.376
Summary:

Congratulations on fine Dante translation. Met [John] Tyndall and enjoyed his company. Has made several changes in her book [Molecular and Microscopic Science]. Is 'quite well for her age.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2685

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[30 July 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24:275
Summary:

Attached comments [not included] convey JH's views on MS's new manuscript [On Molecular and Microscopical Science, 1869]. Expresses reservations about MS's endorsement of current ideas of forces and their correlation and conservation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2686

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.377
Summary:

Congratulations on marriage of JH's daughter [Amelia]. Is writing her autobiography. Interested in solar eclipses, and says more will be known through photography and spectrum analysis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2688

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.379
Summary:

Has made the changes JH suggested. Autobiography will be published posthumously. Met [Henry W.] Longfellow. Wishes the Herschels would visit because it might improve JH's health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2689

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.380
Summary:

Sends Christmas greetings to family. Still has her intellect and is staying busy. Thanks Margaret Brodie Herschel for visiting Agnes [Greig].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1995

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
9th April 1863
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/80, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1997

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13th. Ap. 1863
Source of text:
Dep c.372 (MST-1), Oxford Bodleian
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-5259

From:
Mary Fairfax; Mary Greig; Mary Somerville
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Oct 1866
Source of text:
DAR 177: 217
Summary:

Thanks CD for permission to use illustrations from Orchids in her work [On molecular and microscopic science (1869)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6563

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Fairfax; Mary Greig; Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Jan [1869]
Source of text:
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (Dep. c. 370, folder MSD-1: on loan from Somerville College, Oxford)
Summary:

Thanks for copy of MS’s book [On molecular and microscopic science, (1869)]. Part on orchids is an excellent summary.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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