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Mary Somerville ( SUM-ər-vil; née Fairfax, formerly Greig; 26 December 1780 – 29 November 1872) 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. (From Wikipedia) Also found under:
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13 additional books about Mary Somerville in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Light science for leisure hours. Second series, Familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. with a sketch of the life of Mary Somerville (Longmans, Green, and co., 1882), by Richard A. Proctor (page images at HathiTrust)- Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville. (Roberts Brothers, 1874), by Mary Somerville and Martha Charters Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Queens of literature of the Victorian era : by the authors of "Our queen," "Life of General Gordon," etc. (W. Scott, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mrs. Somerville and Mary Carpenter (Cassell, 1887), by Phillis Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Light science for leisure hours, second series : familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. with a sketch of the life of Mary Somerville (Longmans, Green, 1873), by Richard A. Proctor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville ; with selections from her correspondence by her daughter Martha Somerville. (AMS Press, 1975), by Mary Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Light science for leisure hours, second series : familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, etc., with a sketch of the life of Mary Somerville (Longmans, Green, 1889), by Richard A. Proctor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Four biographies from "Blackwood": (W. Blackwood and sons, 1888), by Lucy Bethia Walford (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florence Nightingale, C. Marsh, F.R. Havergal, Mrs. Ranyard (L.N.R.), Mrs. Somerville, Mary Carpenter, Sarah Robinson, Agnes Weston, Mrs. Meredith (Cassell & Co., 1890), by A. G. Payne, Lizzie Alldridge, and E. M. Tomkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Essays, descriptive and biographical. (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1901), by Grace Anne Prestwich and Louisa E. Milne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Kleine historische Schriften ... (F. A. Perthes, 1882), by Alfred von Reumont (page images at HathiTrust)
- Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville with selections from her correspondence by her daughter Martha Somerville (Roberts, 1874), by Mary Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville, by Mary Somerville (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by Mary Somerville: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Mechanism of the Heavens (second edition; based on the 1831 edition), ed. by Russell McNeil (PDF files at malaspina.com)- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal Recollections, From Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville; With Selections From Her Correspondence (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1874), contrib. by Martha Charters Somerville
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical Geography (new revised edition, 2 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1849)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical Geography (America edition based on the third London edition, with added notes; Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1855), ed. by W. S. W. Ruschenberger (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
Additional books by Mary Somerville in the extended shelves:- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: The connection of the physical sciences. (Key and Biddle, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Connection of the physical sciences (J. Murray, 1835) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Electro-magnetism. History of Davenport's invention of the application of electro-magnetism to machinery; with remarks on the same from the American journal of science and arts (G. & C. Carvill & Co. [etc.], 1837), also by Benjamin Silliman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On molecular and microscopic science (J. Murray, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2) (Gutenberg ebook)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2) (Gutenberg ebook)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connection of the physical sciences (Harper & brothers, 1846) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connection of the physical sciences (Harper & brothers, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connection of the physical sciences (Harper & Brothers, 1846) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connection of the physical sciences. (Harper & Bros., 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connection of the physical sciences. (Harper, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connexion of the physical sciences. (J. Murray, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connexion of the physical sciences (J. Murray, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connexion of the physical sciences (John Murray, 1834), also by John Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the connexion of the physical sciences. (J. Murray, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (Gutenberg ebook)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal recollections, from early life to old age (J. Murray, 1874), also by Martha Charters Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville. (Roberts Brothers, 1874), also by Martha Charters Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville (Gutenberg ebook)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville. With selctions from her correspondence. (Roberts brothers, 1876), also by Martha Charters Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville. With selections from her correspondence (J. Murray, 1874), also by Martha Charters Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville ; with selections from her correspondence by her daughter Martha Somerville. (AMS Press, 1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville with selections from her correspondence by her daughter Martha Somerville (Roberts, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography. (J. Murray, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography (Blanchard and Lea, 1855), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography. (Blanchard and Lea, 1854), also by William S. W. Ruschenberger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography (J. Murray, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography (Lea & Blanchard, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography. (Blanchard and Lea, 1853), also by W. S. W. Ruschenberger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography. (Lea & Blanchard, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical geography (J. Murray, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Physical Geography (Gutenberg ebook)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: A preliminary dissertation on the mechanism of the heavens (Carey & Lea, 1832) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens (Gutenberg ebook)
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872: Ueberblick der physikalischen wissenschaften in ihrem zusammenhange (C.G. Lüderiss, 1835) (page images at HathiTrust)
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