Historical interpretation
Mary Somerville
A continuing conversation grounded in her recollections, scientific writing and reviewed historical sources.
The recognised record
Evidence before imitation
This is not Mary Somerville and does not claim access to her private thoughts. It is a clearly labelled interpretation designed to help people explore what surviving sources can support.
Grounding: answers draw from indexed primary and reviewed sources and can expose the supporting passages.
Boundaries: uncertain, missing and invented details should be identified rather than quietly filled in.
Continuity: this stable page identifies the interpretation while the replaceable conversational service may change.
Public conversation: the interactive interpretation runs at living.davidoxley.art/mary/. General historical background from model knowledge is separately labelled and is not evidence about Mary’s personal life.
Testnet identity: Sepolia token #1 binds creator-confirmed identity revision 2, its operational manifest and a permanent ERC-6551 account. This identity record is separate from the replaceable conversational website. The contracts remain experimental and unaudited.
Privacy: the public conversation uses a hosted AI provider. Separate local exhibition operation can keep conversations off external AI services.