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SOMERVILLE596

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
28 Jan 1850
Source of text:
MSQ 1 / 6, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE51

From:
Dr Adolph Barth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 Oct 1850
Source of text:
MSB 4 / 302, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE301

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
2 Mar 1851
Source of text:
HS 16.356, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2665

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[2 March 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.356 (C: RS:HS 23.99)
Summary:

JH's new position [Master of Mint] took him by surprise. People seem 'wild' over renewed agitation of Papal aggression issue. Describes the discovery of Saturn's new ring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE302

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
10 Apr 1851
Source of text:
HS 19.183, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel8379

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[10 April 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.183
Summary:

Poem, entitled 'Intelligence,' celebrating creation of mankind.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE303

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 May 1853
Source of text:
HS 16.357, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2666

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[30 May 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.357 (C: RS:HS 23.134)
Summary:

The year has been peaceful for the Herschels and JH is doing little scientific work. Discusses the 'delusion' about 'turning tables,' which JH finds ridiculous.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE628

From:
Stratford de Redcliffe
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
11 Feb 1854
Source of text:
MSS 9 / 132, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE386

From:
William Burnet Kinney
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
28 Jun 1854
Source of text:
MSK 2 / 51, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE87

From:
Henry Brougham
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
19 ? 1855
Source of text:
MSB 13 / 409, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE88

From:
Henry Brougham
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
31 ? 1855
Source of text:
MSB 13 / 411, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE575

From:
Joseph Pentland
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
1857
Source of text:
MSP 3 / 255, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE403

From:
Sir Coutts Lindsey
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
31 Jan 1857
Source of text:
MSL 4 / 112, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE308

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
20 Jan 1858
Source of text:
HS 16.360, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2669

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[20 January 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.360 (C: RS:HS 23.217)
Summary:

Feeling better, but writing still painful. Writing articles on meteorology and geology for Encyclopaedia Britannica. May use information from her Physical Geography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE309

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
28 Feb 1858
Source of text:
HS 16.361, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2670

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[28 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.361 (C: RS:HS 23.224)
Summary:

Lists facts from various astronomical catalogues, such as the number of fixed, double, and binary stars. Discusses parallax. Thanks her for second edition of Physical Geography.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE199

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
17 Jan 1859
Source of text:
MS2 CELE 8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday3551

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
17 January 1859
Source of text:
Bod MS Somerville dep b.206 MS2 CELE 8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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