John Michell

XLIV. <i>The highest waves in water</i>

John Michell · The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science · 1893 · 234 citations

Geophysics, History Of Science, Engineering +9

VII. On the means of discovering the distance, magnitude, &amp;c. of the fixed stars, in consequence of the diminution of the velocity of their light, in case such a diminution should be found to take place in any of them, and such other data should be procured from observations, as would be farther necessary for that purpose. By the Rev. John Michell, B.D. F.R.S. In a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S

John Michell · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 1784 · 175 citations

Henry Cavendish, Astronomical Coordinate System, Photometry +11

V. On the theory of free stream lines

John Michell · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (A ) · 1890 · 61 citations · Full text

Free Stream Lines, Free Probability, Fluid Mechanics +10

On the stability of a bent and twisted wire

John Michell · 1890 · 27 citations

Suspension Structure, Engineering, Mechanics +4

LIV. <i>Conjectures concerning the cause, and observations upon the phænomena, of earthquakes; particularly of that great earthquake of the first of November</i> 1775, <i>which proved so fatal to the city of Lisbon, and whose effects were felt as far as Africa, and more or less throughout almost all Europe</i>

John Michell · The Philosophical Magazine · 1818 · 13 citations · Full text