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Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea

Reference number: HS/16/338

Date: 23 October 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends a method of estimating the variations in the elements of orbits during the perturbations in longitude and distance. Used it in manuscript when examining Saturn and Jupiter.

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HS/16/338
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23 October 1830
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Mary Somerville

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Mary Somerville, Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea, 23 October 1830, HS/16/338, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_338/letter-from-mary-somerville-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-chelsea, accessed on 25 March 2025

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