Society, Dr Thomas Birch, and of Mi- 

 chell's contemporary at Queens' College, 

 the active and broad-minded Sir George 

 Savile, Bart., who, after serving in his 

 youth against the Jacobite rebels in 1745, 

 spent a busy and useful life in Parliament 

 as member for Yorkshire. Next comes 

 the name of Dr Gowin Knight, Copley 

 Medallist, and first Principal Librarian 

 of the British Museum, whose researches 

 in magnetism would especially draw him 

 towards Michell. The other signatures 

 include those of Dr Matthew Maty, 

 afterwards Secretary of the Royal Society 

 and Principal Librarian of the British 

 Museum ; Daniel Wray, the antiquary ; 

 and John Hadley, another of the Fellows 

 of Queens' College, who a few years 

 before had been appointed Professor of 

 Chemistry at Cambridge, and with whom 

 Michell would doubtless have much dis- 

 cussion of scientific matters. Michell 

 was duly elected a Fellow of the Royal 

 Society on 1 2th June 1 760. It is worthy 



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