See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN MICHELL (1724-1793)

MICHELL (1724-1793)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English natural philosopher and geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1724, and educated at Queens' See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . His name appears See also:

• FOURTH

fourth in the Tripos See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list for 1748-1749; and in 1755 he was See also:

• MODERATOR (from Lat. moderare, to impose a modus, limit)

moderator in that examination . He became M.A. in 1752, and B.D. in 1761 . He was a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of his college, and was appointed Woodwardian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology in 1762, and in 1767 See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of See also:

• THORNHILL
• THORNHILL, SIR JAMES (1676-1734)

Thornhill in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, where he died on the 29th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1793 . He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in the same See also:

• YEAR

year as See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish (176o) . In 1750 he published at Cambridge a See also:

• WORK

work of some eighty pages entitled A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise of Artificial Magnets, in which is shown an easy and expeditious method of making them See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to the best natural ones . Besides the description of the method of magnetization which still bears his name, this work contains a variety of accurate magnetic observations, and is distinguished by a lucid exposition of the nature of magnetic See also:

• INDUCTION (from Lat. inducere, to lead into; cf. Gr. ilrayu yli)

induction . He was the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original inventor of the torsion See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance, which afterwards became so famous in the hands of its second inventor See also:

• COULOMB, CHARLES AUGUSTIN (1736-1806)

Coulomb . See also:

• MICHELL, JOHN (1724-1793)

Michell described it in his proposal of a method for obtaining the mean See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . He did not live to put his method into practice; but this was done by Henry Cavendish, who made, by means of Michell's apparatus, the celebrated determination that now goes by the name of Cavendish's experiment (Phil . Trans., 1708) . His most important See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay was that entitled Conjectures concerning the Cause and Observations upon the Phaenomena of Earthquakes (Phil .

Trans., li . 176o), which showed a remarkable knowledge of the strata in various parts of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and abroad . Michell's other contributions to See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science are: " Observations on the See also:

• COMET (Gr. Koµieiis, long-haired)

Comet of See also:

• JANUARY

January 176o at Cambridge, Phil . Trans . (176o) ; " A Recommendation of See also:

• HADLEY
• HADLEY, ARTHUR TWINING (1856– )
• HADLEY, JAMES (1821–1872)

Hadley's Quadrant for See also:

• SURVEYING

Surveying," ibid . (1765) ; " Proposal of a Method for measuring Degrees of See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

Longitude upon See also:

• PARALLELS

Parallels of the See also:

• EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

Equator," ibid . (1766) ; " An Inquiry into the Probable See also:

• PARALLAX (Gr. aapa?X6, alternately)

Parallax and Magnitude of the Fixed Stars," ibid . (1767); " On the Twinkling of the Fixed Stars," ibid . (1767), " On the Means of Discovering the Distance, Magnitude, &c., of the Fixed Stars," ibid . (1784) .