| RefNo | HS/16/340 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel |
| Creator | Somerville [nee Fairfax; other married name Greig]; Mary (1780-1872); Scottish science writer and mathematics expositor |
| Date | 1830 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Used a counter spell to keep the moon at a 'due distance.' Her previous computations were careless. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to return part of her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] for corrections. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2649
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |