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MITCHEL, ORMSBY MACKNIGHT (18091862) , American astronomer, was born at Morganfield, Kentucky, on the 28th of July, 18o9. He began life
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electrical method of recording observations, and published besides other works, The Orbs of Heaven (1848, &c.), and Popular Astronomy (186o), both reissued at London in 1892.See Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel; a Biographical Narrative, by his son, F. A. Mitchel (1887); P. C. Headley, The Patriot Boy (1865); Amer. Journal of Science, xxiv. 451 (1862); Month. Notices Roy. Astr. Society, xxiii. 133, xxxvii. 121 (C. Abbe) ; Astr. Nach., No. 1401 (G. W. Hough).End of Article: MITCHEL, ORMSBY MACKNIGHT (18091862) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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