Mary Somerville
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Science writer and polymath
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Why Is Mary Somerville Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mary Somerville was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Mary Somerville's Published Works
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- On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (30)
- X. On the magnetizing power of the more refrangible solar rays (10)
- On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville (7)
- On the Action of the Rays of the Spectrum on Vegetable Juices (3)
- On the Magnetizing Power of the More Refrangible Solar Rays. (2)
- VIII. On the action of the rays of the spectrum on vegetable juices. Extract of a letter from Mrs. M. Somerville to Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., dated Rome, September 20, 1845. Communicated by Sir J. Herschel (2)
- On molecular and microscopic science by Mary Somerville. (1)
- XXIV. On the magnetizing power of the more refrangible solar rays (1826) (1)
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