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SOMERVILLE313

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 Apr 1861
Source of text:
HS 16.365, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2674

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[12 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.365 (C: RS:HS 23.328)
Summary:

Thanks MS for sympathy letter. Discusses present situation in Italy. Discusses his children and their scattered locations, e.g., a son fighting in the Indigo affair. Discusses his articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE317

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 Jul 1863
Source of text:
HS 16.369, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2678

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[30 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.369 (Draft: RS:HS 16:370)
Summary:

Is sending manuscript with comments. Congratulates her 'activity of mind.' Critiqued her paper according to the effect it will have when published. Working on catalogue of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE320

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
11 Apr 1865
Source of text:
HS 16.372, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

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

SOMERVILLE337

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.378, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE338

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 309, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13532

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[14 March 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.4; Reel 1089 (C: RS:HS 16.378 & 24.251)
Summary:

Commentary on manuscript [Personal Recollections?] that [MS] sent to JH one month ago. Career of scientific learning and domestic happiness will inspire future generations. Suggests publishing it posthumously for greater impact. Corrects passages about Charles Babbage. Gives purpose, history, and membership of each of two Standards committees, one of 1819 and one of 1838. Suggests avoiding topic of bitter controversy over invention of electric telegraph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE343

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 Jul 1869
Source of text:
HS 24.275, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

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
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