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April 21, 1793. John Michell died.—A fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, Michell became a clergyman, and in 1762 was appointed Woodwardian professor of geology in the University of Cambridge. Magnetism, electricity, and astronomy all engaged his attention, and shortly before his death he devised the apparatus afterwards used by Cavendish to measure the density of the earth.
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S., E. Calendar of Scientific Pioneers. Nature 107, 252 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107252a0
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