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From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
12 Nov 1843
Source of text:
HS 16.347, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.347
Summary:

Asks JH to tell her where to find his newly published works on the action of light on chemical substances. Rome is not intellectually stimulating. Describes summer in Venice.

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
31 Jul 1844?
Source of text:
HS 16.349, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 July 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.349
Summary:

Will be in London and hopes to see JH. Thanks for his letter and the promise of sending his papers on light. Also wants information on [Louis] Daguerre's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
16 Sep 1844?
Source of text:
HS 16.350, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 September 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.350
Summary:

Thanks JH for papers on light and photography. Enjoyed her visit to Collingwood. Feels privileged to be godmother to JH's daughter.

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
20 Sep 1845
Source of text:
HS 16.351, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 September 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.351
Summary:

Discusses light experiments, which 'amused' her during summer. Has heard no scientific news lately. Describes summer in Rome.

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
23 Feb 1846
Source of text:
HS 16.353, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.353
Summary:

Delighted that her paper was read at Royal Society. Discusses discovery of new planet [Neptune], and the future. Asks about his work.

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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
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