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SOMERVILLE311

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
21 Sep 1860
Source of text:
HS 16.363, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2672

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.363
Summary:

Thanks JH for scientific papers. Is writing about relations between inorganic matter, physical and vital forces, and microscopic plants. Praises [Giuseppe] Garibaldi and his performance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE312

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
28 Jan 1861
Source of text:
HS 16.364, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2673

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.364
Summary:

Condolences on death of JH's daughter [Margaret] Louisa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

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

SOMERVILLE314

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
11 May 1862
Source of text:
HS 16.366, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2675

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.366
Summary:

Cannot travel to London. Wishes she could return to her country and friends. Thankful for her health. Wants Herschels to visit Italy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE315

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
13 Jun 1863
Source of text:
HS 16.367, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2676

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.367
Summary:

Has begun to write about science again after a long absence. Intended to revise small part of her On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, but it became quite long. Wants JH's advice on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE316

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
12 Jul 1863
Source of text:
HS 16.368, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2677

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.368
Summary:

Introduces Signore Capellini, professor of geology at Bologna, to JH in letter. Asks JH to assist him in any way possible.

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

SOMERVILLE318

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
25 Aug 1863
Source of text:
HS 16.371, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2679

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.371
Summary:

Thanks JH for criticism of manuscript. Sends revised introductory paragraph. Thanks him for kindness to Signore Capellini. Scientific interest in Italy grows as politics settle.

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

SOMERVILLE322

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
6 Sep 1866
Source of text:
HS 16.373, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2681

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.373
Summary:

Thanks him for papers he sent. Has finished her last work. Disappointed that science is often devoted to war and weaponry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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