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

Reference number: HS/16/353

Date: 23 February 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Mary Somerville is delighted that her experiments were read at Royal Society. Encouraged to resume her experiments [on actinochemistry (photography]. Discuss family matter, the discovery of new planet [Neptune], and the future. Asks about John Frederick William Herschel's current work on astronomy and if he resumed his experimentation [on actinochemistry (photography)].

Reference number: HS/16/353
Earliest possible date: 23 February 1846
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Mary Somerville

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Mary Somerville, Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome, 23 February 1846, HS/16/353, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_353/letter-from-mary-somerville-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-rome, accessed on 25 March 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer
1820-1869 Reference number: HS/16

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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