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SOMERVILLE16

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
23 Jul 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 238, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE27

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
7 Feb 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 250, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE28

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
31 Mar 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 251, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE29

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
16 Apr 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 252, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE30

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1 May 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 253, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE31

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
undated (1836 post stamp)
Source of text:
MSB1 / 254, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE32

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
William Somerville
Date:
30 Dec 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 256, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13561

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[20 February 1836]
Source of text:
9th Treatise, 202-17
Summary:

Speculates on extinction of species by natural (not miraculous) causes intermediate to Creator. JH's theory of shifting crust over Earth's surface and its subsequent transfer of pressure. Seeks geological primum mobile for volcanoes based on continual deposition and melting of strata. 'All records of former worlds must ultimately perish.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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