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RefNoHS/16/347
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome
CreatorSomerville; Mary (1780-1872); née Fairfax; afterward Greig; Scottish scientist; astronomer; mathematician
Date12 November 1843
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Mary Somerville asks John Frederick William Herschel to tell her where to find his newly published works on the action of light on chemical substances (photography). Rome is not intellectually stimulating. Describes summer in Venice.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originRome, Italy
Origin coordinates41.893333, 12.482778
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2656
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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