Somerville

[ suhm-er-vil ]

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noun

Mary Fairfax Greig [greg], 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
a town in central New Jersey.

Somerville

/ ˈsʌməvɪl /

SomervilleMary17801872FBritishWRITING: science writer Mary, original name Mary Fairfax . 1780–1872, British scientific writer, author of Physical Geography (1848) and other textbooks. Somerville College, Oxford, was named after her

Somerville

/ sŭm′ər-vĭl′ /

Scottish astronomer and mathematician who wrote expository works on mathematics, physical geography, microscopic science, and astronomy. Her writings explained complex scientific ideas to the general public through simple illustrations and experiments that the average reader could easily understand.

They lured Castucci to their headquarters, an office inside Marshall Motors, a garage at 14 Marshall Street in Somerville.

Samuel Putnam, a Massachusetts judge and senator, died at Somerville, aged 85.

Mr. Watson, five miles away in Somerville, promptly answered in the affirmative, and soon was heard a voice singing "America."

But Lionel never heard the question, for he was most busily occupied about Mrs. Somerville and her horse.

"There they go at last," said he, as Lionel and Mrs. Somerville cantered forth, followed by two grooms.

Miss Somerville hovered behind, a paler thing of broken lavender and white and black, with screwed up, sandy-lashed eyes.

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