| RefNo | HS/16/347 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome |
| Creator | Somerville; Mary (1780-1872); née Fairfax; afterward Greig; Scottish scientist; astronomer; mathematician |
| Date | 12 November 1843 |
| Description | Autograph 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. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Rome, Italy |
| Origin coordinates | 41.893333, 12.482778 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2656
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |