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  <dc:title>Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome</dc:title>
  <dc:description>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)].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>23 February 1846</dc:date>
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