Show THE mor MOT soi sol s tilo the popular selent science monthly says put one answer g carabe given to the question who ii 15 the most scientific yaman oman that has appeared 1 d rry and that answer answer would he be iary lary somerville a woman of remarkable capacity and prolonged mental vigor she bhe was wag borm horn at I 1 1780 iso and arid was v as the daughter of vice admiral sir william fairfax ane eno authority s says ays her I 1 er firse first huband hu husland husU wand Tand and w wa as william sWilliam gray fesq esq and another cap captain in greig of the ru ilus dali dall nav navy y her e r second husband was william somerville M D she received her elementary instruction in the mathematical and physical sciences from her first husband she biel bier became known to the public by a paper published ili in the tiie philosophical transactions in 1826 describing her experiments on the magnetizing magnet izing power of the more tc le frangible solar rays ray her first published book was a summary of the celesce celeste of laplace lapinte under the title of the mechanism I 1 am of the heavens written at the suggestion of lord brougham vor tor for lor the library of useful knowledge her work on the connection of the physical science followed and afterward eird her fl physical geography subsequently thoroughly re ned led her last jast work w ork was wag ort on bole boie molecular and science published when silo site was wai nearly n ninety ine lne y reaps year af pf age it was cecel received d interest by tile the scientific w world orld orid 1 mr died at naples ast last november ap phelvas she sho mas was made an all ilione honorary r ry fellow af the rosal royal astronomical trono mical society and received a gold medal fro from ithe tiie tile royal geographical grap iani lINI society y her lust jiust was biaco placed in n the thee library of the royal rosal soe sog lety lets she sho kept up correspondence with leading mathematicians and physicists until i thina few 1 weeks of lier death Pj fainting inting music aw aee jace lacework ace work and other othen accomplishments we re not neglected iby by lier her As a reward for her lier litera L ry iry services she vaci was aw awarded 1 ilita a pension loll loil of 1300 a year yean fr fram lii lil thio the beitl british ii civil list with remark remarkable abo capacity mrs somerville combined uncommon industry she sile was not considered I 1 a great dis dia discoverer coverer in science nor hor llora a setter forth f novil jiovell and original truths but with extraordinary mathematical power and grasp of thought much clearness and precision of statement though oca occasionally lon ion betraying a lack of sequence equen ce and a logi she interpreted and expounded in a popular lorm lollin what the great masters of wl truth to light C M brn URTO mp I 1 ps L 0 Whar whan toji vi was in indicted in ili fhe the cricq crin inal inai court at baltimore MT Mi daug LAug 1 ja for lor 0 the file murder murden jot sot general I XV NN m sp scoff 6 Ketch ketchum uni of washing dpn D C by pol saulli him nm with tart tantan tartar ar emetic etc june jupe 1 2 j istl 1871 hirji while le a guest at nf li lier liti t ako lieuw iuso on oll eu eutaw ta w street hamilton terrace tile case was wm removed ed to the circuit court coult 0 or anne anno amadel ndel yun county aud and after affet a trial frial af pf f 5 t days she was acquitted she was ivas alap I 1 jil iii dieted dietel nt kt fhe the same milne time fir fit nor for lit at tempt tempting ilag to pois ol 01 i mr r eugene eugeno van vall ness in ili baltimore this case cae was continued tsi the tho present teri terl of amm 11 trial triai at an ali napolia nap plia tik tin 6 le aimont cont contains alris airis 12 counts and aud hartest charges the be actual administration of 0 rade emelle emelie and deadly 1 61 an tiiu jia jip it allio 20 and n nd and with 1 I 1 I i mingling 6 AMI poisons with beef bec f tea ten on the tho of june tunu with milk milic bf which ho ito was partake kriak ce r hini hinl tho ilo lie indle indic faient mentis R foiled an attillo 80 se ceib bf ther icide wh fell ieli tewa tema ewa lewa l auw ema aa fol ool 4 ibbs 1 f ro an fn lief and vai val epting polso paison nn y 11 sjon j i 11 t a fj oar I 1 frit more moro than ten y years ra |