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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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2 letters from Mary Somerville; 0 letters from Margaret Herschel

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Mary Somerville publishes Mechanism of the Heavens

1831

Autograph letter signed by sender. Accepts her invitation.

Reference number: HS/16/346
1835

Halley’s comet becomes visible

28 November 1835

1837

Victoria becomes Queen of the United Kingdom

20 June 1837

1841

Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister

1841

1848

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is formed, by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others

1848

Napoleon III is elected first President of France

20 December 1848

Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends Lady Herschel her book [Physical Geography] as a token of friendship. Discusses the current political turmoil. Regards to family.

Reference number: HS/16/355