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SOMERVILLE326

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
12 Mar 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.375, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2683

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.375
Summary:

Thanks JH for saving her from publishing a fault-filled book. Describes eruptions of Vesuvius. Agnes [Greig] enjoyed visiting the Herschels. MS wishes she could see them again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE327

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
26 Jun 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.376, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2684

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.376
Summary:

Congratulations on fine Dante translation. Met [John] Tyndall and enjoyed his company. Has made several changes in her book [Molecular and Microscopic Science]. Is 'quite well for her age.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE330

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
26 Sep 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.377, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2686

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.377
Summary:

Congratulations on marriage of JH's daughter [Amelia]. Is writing her autobiography. Interested in solar eclipses, and says more will be known through photography and spectrum analysis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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