Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff.
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Reception | Mary Somerville | Astronomer Sir John Herschel
reviewed Mechanism of the Heavens, by MS
, in the Quarterly Review. Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff. 86 |
Literary responses | Mary Somerville | The Athenæum declared MS
's On the Connexion of the Physical Scienceswith the exception of Sir John Herschel
's treatises, the most valuable and most pleasing work of science that has been published within the century. Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff. 136 |
Friends, Associates | Mary Somerville | In London the Somervilles enjoyed participating in a rich scientific community: Mary's time there was much happier than during her first marriage. She attended many lectures at the Royal Institution
, and took lessons in... |
Reception | Mary Somerville | After conducting a series of trials which involved focussing sunlight on a steel needle, MS
concluded (incorrectly) that the violet rays of the solar spectrum appeared to produce a magnetising effect. The paper was timely... |
Reception | Mary Somerville | MS
was a considerable time employed in writing this book, Somerville, Mary. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville. Editor Somerville, Martha, Roberts Brothers. 166 |
Textual Features | Mary Somerville | MS
dedicated the text to her longtime friend John Herschel
. In thirty-three chapters, the book covers the concepts foundational to a study of physical geography: the earth and the solar system; the formation of... |
Publishing | Mary Somerville | After conducting a set of experiments on the effect of sunlight on vegetable juices, MS
sent a report of her method and results to John Herschel
, who presented her findings to the Royal Society
. Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. “Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)”. Women of Mathematics: A Biobiliographic Sourcebook, edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Greenwood Press, pp. 208-16. 213, 214 |
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