| RefNo | HS/16/359 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Florence |
| Creator | Somerville; Mary (1780-1872); née Fairfax; afterward Greig; Scottish scientist; astronomer; mathematician |
| Date | 14 April 1857 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for critiquing her paper during his illness. Mary Somerville's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences is to be published in translation at Cesna. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Florence, Italy |
| Origin coordinates | 43.771389, 11.254167 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2668
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |