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From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
n.d
Source of text:
Printed in Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville, 1873.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
n.d
Source of text:
HS 16.339, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
n.d
Source of text:
HS 16.340, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
31 Mar 1829
Source of text:
HS 16.327, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.327
Summary:

Thanks JH for his suggestions for her paper. Will accept any corrections he makes. Sends warm regards to JH and his new wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.328
Summary:

Wants JH to return the last 8-10 pages of her manuscript. She wishes to correct and improve it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
26 Oct 1829
Source of text:
HS 16.328, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.339
Summary:

Asks JH to send the astronomical part of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] by Mr. Richards on Thursday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.340
Summary:

Used a counter spell to keep the moon at a 'due distance.' Her previous computations were careless. Asks JH to return part of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] for corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[1830-1?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.382 (C: RS:HS 25.13.29b)
Summary:

Admires her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens]. Wishes [P. S.] Laplace would have lived to see it. Notes a problem with the principle of virtual velocity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
23 Feb 1830
Source of text:
HS 16.329, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[23 February 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.329 (C: RS:HS 21.60)
Summary:

Sends 40 pages of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] along with suggestions for improvement. Suggests clarifying the principles of the first chapter and a fuller explanation of various other principles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
?? Mar 1830
Source of text:
HS 16.333, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.330
Summary:

Thanks JH for criticisms of her manuscript. Will outline principles more carefully. Hopes Lady Herschel is 'gaining strength.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
6 Mar 1830?
Source of text:
HS 16.331, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.331
Summary:

Sends first revised pages [of MS's Mechanism of the Heavens] back for further opinion. Highly respects JH's comments and believes he will be a truthful critic as a friend.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Mar 1830
Source of text:
HS 16.332, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1830-3-9 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.333
Summary:

Thanks JH for his communications. Anxious to get into the proof JH criticized. Sends [Joseph] LaGrange's variations of constant quantities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[9 March 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.332 (C: RS:HS 21.61)
Summary:

Sends new translation of [P. S. Laplace's] Mécanique céleste. Says her revision [of MS's Mechanism of the Heavens] has been effective. Still doubts the derivation of the fundamental equation. Discusses force, resistance, and reaction with regard to this equation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project, Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
31 Mar 1830
Source of text:
HS 16.334, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse