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See also:SOMERVILLE, See also:MARY (178o-1872) , See also:British scientific writer, was the daughter of See also:Admiral See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:George See also:Fairfax, and was See also:born on the 26th of See also:December 178o in the See also:manse of See also:Jedburgh, the See also:house of her See also:mother's See also:sister, wife of Dr See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Somerville (1741-1830), author of My Own See also:Life and Times, whose son was her second See also:husband. She received a rather desultory See also:education, and mastered See also:algebra and See also:Euclid in See also:secret after she had See also:left school, and without any extraneous help. In 1804 she married her See also:cousin, See also:Captain See also:Samuel Greig, who died in 18o6; and in 1812 she married another cousin, Dr William Somerville (1771-186o), inspector of the See also:army medical See also:board, who encouraged and greatly aided her in the study of the See also:physical sciences. After her See also:marriage she made the acquaintance of the most eminent scientific men of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, among whom her talents had attracted See also:attention before she had acquired See also:general fame, See also:Laplace paying her the compliment of stating that she was the only woman who understood his See also:works. Having been requested by See also:Lord See also:Brougham to translate for the Society for the See also:Diffusion of Useful Knowledge the Mecanique See also:Celeste of Laplace, she greatly popularized its See also:form, and its publication in 1831, under the See also:title of The Mechanism of the Heavens, at once made her famous. Her other works are the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834), Physical See also:Geography (1848), and Molecular and Microscopic See also:Science (1869). Much of the popularity of her writings was due to their clear and crisp See also:style and the underlying See also:enthusiasm for her subject which pervaded them. In 1835 she received a See also:pension of £300 from See also:government. She died at See also:Naples on the 28th of See also:November 1872. In the following See also:year there appeared her See also:Personal Recollections, consisting of reminiscences written during her old See also:age, and of See also:great See also:interest both for what they reveal of her own See also:character and life and the glimpses they afford of the See also:literary and scientific society of bygone times.
End of Article: SOMERVILLE, MARY (178o-1872)
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