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SOMERVILLE308

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
20 Jan 1858
Source of text:
HS 16.360, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2669

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[20 January 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.360 (C: RS:HS 23.217)
Summary:

Feeling better, but writing still painful. Writing articles on meteorology and geology for Encyclopaedia Britannica. May use information from her Physical Geography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE309

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
28 Feb 1858
Source of text:
HS 16.361, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2670

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[28 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.361 (C: RS:HS 23.224)
Summary:

Lists facts from various astronomical catalogues, such as the number of fixed, double, and binary stars. Discusses parallax. Thanks her for second edition of Physical Geography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE521

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
1 Mar 1858
Source of text:
124, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE310

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
15 Mar 1858
Source of text:
HS 16.362, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2671

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.362
Summary:

Enjoyed visit of Louisa [Herschel Marshall]. Wants copies of JH's new articles. Is witnessing a solar eclipse, in which half the disc was covered, as she writes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE522

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
26 Apr 1858
Source of text:
126, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE523

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
3 Jul 1858
Source of text:
128, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE524

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
31 Jul 1858
Source of text:
129, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE525

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
14 Oct 1858
Source of text:
131, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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