The Magnetic Properties of the Violet Rays of the Solar Spectrum

by Mary Somerville

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1825

About the author

Mary Fairfax Somerville was a Scottish science writer and polymath, at a time when women's participation in science was discouraged. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and was nominated to be jointly the first female member of the Royal Astronomical Society at the same time as Caroline Herschel.