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Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at La Spezia Piemonte

Reference number: HS/16/363

Date: 21 September 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for scientific papers. Is writing about relations between inorganic matter, physical and vital forces, and microscopic plants. Praises [Giuseppe] Garibaldi and his performance.

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HS/16/363
Earliest possible date
21 September 1860
Page extent
4 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 La Spezia Piemonte, 21 September 1860, HS/16/363, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_363/letter-from-mary-somerville-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-la-spezia-piemonte, accessed on 25 March 2025

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