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Somerville, Mrs. Mary
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A lady skilled in mathematics and physics, born at Jedburgh; was brought up at Burntisland and Edinburgh; contributed to the Transactions of the Royal Society; wrote a book entitled the "Mechanism of the Heavens" on the suggestion of Lord Brougham, as a popularisation of Laplace's "Mechanique Céleste," which was followed by her "Connection of the Physical Sciences," "Physical Geography," and "Molecular and Microscopic Science," the last published in her ninetieth year; died at Naples (1770-1872).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Somerville, Mrs. Mary'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/somerville-mrs-mary.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Somerville, Mrs. Mary'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/somerville-mrs-mary.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
