Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)

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Mary Somerville [Fairfax]. Line engraving by F. Croll after J. R. Swinton, 1848.

Mary Somerville [Fairfax]. Engraving after L. Macdonald.

Mary Somerville [Fairfax]. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1858, after J. R. Swinton, 1848.

Mary Somerville [Fairfax]. Lithograph after T. Phillips.

Mary Somerville and the cultivation of science, 1815-1840 / by Elizabeth Chambers Patterson.

Mary Somerville and the world of science / Allan Chapman.

Cookery and domestic economy : containing upwards of one thousand carefully tested recipes, expressed in simple terms suitable for every-day life / by Mrs Somerville.

Physical geography / By Mary Somerville.

On the connexion of the physical sciences / By Mary Somerville.

On the connexion of the physical sciences / By Mrs. Somerville.

Physical geography / by Mary Somerville.

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Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872

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Cookery and domestic economy : containing upwards of one thousand carefully tested recipes, expressed in simple terms suitable for every-day life / by Mrs Somerville.

Physical geography / By Mary Somerville.

On the connexion of the physical sciences / By Mary Somerville.

On the connexion of the physical sciences / By Mrs. Somerville.

Physical geography / by Mary Somerville.