British Museum, may be quoted here. 

 "John Michell, BD is a little short Man, 

 of a black Complexion, and fat ; but 

 having no Acquaintance with him, can 

 say little of him. I think he had the Care 

 of St Botolph's Church, while he con- 

 tinued Fellow of Queens' College, where 

 he was esteemed a very ingenious Man, 

 and an excellent Philosopher. He has 

 published some Things in that way, on 

 the Magnet and Electricity V 



Although his time was evidently much 

 engaged in the various official duties that 

 devolved upon him in Cambridge, there is 

 proof that he had already launched upon 

 his career of physical research and experi- 

 mentation within the walls of his College. 

 In 1750, the year after he obtained his 

 Fellowship and when he was some six- 

 and-twenty years of age, he published at 

 Cambridge a little volume on Artificial 

 Magnets to which further reference will 



1 Cole MSS. XXXIH, 156 (Add. MSS. Mus. 

 Brit., 5834). 



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