Papers, 1806-1872.

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Papers, 1806-1872.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155006329

Scientific, business, personal and family correspondence and papers, 1806-1872, including notebooks relating to physics, astronomy, and mathematics; European diaries; drafts of her published works and of her autobiography.

American Institute of Physics

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Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872

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Mary Somerville (born Mary Fairfax) was born to William George and Margaret Fairfax on December 26, 1780 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Mary became interested in mathematics while a teenager. She married Samuel Greig in 1804. Greig was a naval officer and died after 3 years of marriage. Mary then married William Somerville in 1812, who was an inspector of hospitals. Mary Somerville's first major work was a translation of the mathematician Laplace's book Mécanique Céleste. In the t...