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See also:MITCHELL, MARIA (1818—1889) , See also:American astronomer, was See also:born of Quaker ancestry on the See also:island of See also:Nantucket on the 1st of See also:August 1818. Her See also:father, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Mitchell (1791—1869), was a school teacher and self-taught astronomer, who rated chronometers for Nantucket whalers, was an overseer of Harvard University (1857—1865), and for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time was employed by the See also:United States See also:Coast Survey. As See also:early as 1831 (during the See also:annular See also:eclipse of the See also:sun) she had been her father's assistant in his observations. On the 1st of See also:October 1847 she discovered a telescopic See also:comet (seen by De See also:Vico Oct. 3, by W. R. See also:Dawes Oct. 7, by Madame See also:Rumker Oct. 11), and for this See also:discovery she received a See also:gold See also:medal from the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King of See also:Denmark, and was elected (1848) to the American See also:Academy of Arts and Sciences, and (185o) to the American Association for the See also:Advancement of See also:Science. In 1861 she removed from Nantucket to See also:Lynn, where she used a large See also:equatorial See also:telescope presented to her by the See also:women of See also:America; and there she lived until 1865, when she became See also:professor of See also:astronomy and director of the See also:observatory at Vassar See also:College; in 1888 she became professor See also:emeritus. In 1874 she began making photographs of the sun, and for years she made a See also:special study of See also:Jupiter and See also:Saturn. She died at
Lynn on the 28th of See also:June 1889. In 1908 an observatory was established in her See also:honour at Nantucket.
See Phebe Mitchell See also:Kendall, Maria Mitchell: See also:Life, Letters and See also:Journals (See also:Boston, 1896); In Memoriam (See also:Poughkeepsie, 1889), by her See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil and successor at Vassar, See also:Mary W. See also:Whitney; and a See also:sketch by her See also:brother, 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 Mitchell (1830-1902), himself a well-known hydrographer, in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. See also:xxv. (1889-189o), pp. 331-343.
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