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A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens
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Mary Somerville
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.
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