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SOMERVILLE278

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
17 Mar 1844
Source of text:
HS 16.348, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2657

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[17 March 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.348 (C: RS:HS 22.148)
Summary:

Sending papers on actinochemistry (photography). Discusses [James] Forbes's viscosity theory, nebulae of Southern Hemisphere, great refractor at Collegio Romano, and Lord Rosse's telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE283

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
1845?
Source of text:
HS 16.381, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2690

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[1845 ?].
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.381 (C: RS:HS 25.14.4)
Summary:

Augustus DeMorgan and [Henry Fox] Talbot are sending their papers to her. Family is well. Outlines a process of photography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE287

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
2 Nov 1845
Source of text:
HS 16.352, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2661

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[2 November 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.352 (C: RS:HS 22.254)
Summary:

Discusses MS's light experiments. JH will present the results to Royal Society. Describes apparatus that may help her. Recently attended a meeting concerning continental magnetics and meteorology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE290

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Aug 1847
Source of text:
HS 16.354, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2663

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[8 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.354 (C: RS:HS 22.324)
Summary:

Has noticed a resemblance between [Alexander von Humboldt's] Kosmos and MS's chapter, 'On Man,' in her manuscript. Advises her to revise. Sends results of observations at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE292

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
1848?
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 312, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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