Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Spezia
Reference number: HS/16/373
Date: 6 September 1866
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks him for papers he sent. Has finished her last work. Disappointed that science is often devoted to war and weaponry.
- Reference number
- HS/16/373
- Earliest possible date
- 6 September 1866
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Mary Somerville
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Mary Somerville, Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Spezia, 6 September 1866, HS/16/373, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_373/letter-from-mary-somerville-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-spezia, accessed on 25 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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