Rev. geologist astronomer John Michell


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John Michell was born in 1724 in Nottinghamshire, but the exact place and date of his birth are unknown. He studied at Queens' College (founded 1448) of Cambridge University where he received an MA degree in 1752, and a BD in 1761. Also in 1761, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. From 1762 to 1764, he held the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, and in 1767, was appointed Rector of St. Michael's Church of Thornhill, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, a post he held for the rest of his life. Reverend John Michell died in Thornhill on April 21, 1793 at age 68, and is buried there. As a geologist, Michell invented and constructed a torsion balance for measuring Sir Isaac Newton's universal gravitational constant, G. Based upon his first measurements of G in 1793, the metric system units for length, mass, and time were set to the mark, name, image, and number defined by Newton's decryption of the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John;

G, JESUS, G's US, 666.6666... x 10^-10 length^3/mass-time^2 (Newton set the mark)
Newton constant, 667.2364... x 10^-10 centimetre^3/gram-second^2 (units defined)

In 1760, he constructed a theory of earthquakes as wave motions in the interior of the Earth, and suspected a connection between earthquakes and volcanism. As an amateur astronomer, John Michel was an active telescope builder. His main instrument was a self-made10-foot [focal length] reflector of 30-inch aperture. This instrument was puchased by William Herschel after Michell's death, and served as a model for a similar instrument. In summary, the Rev. geologist astronomer John Michell's metric unit definitions determined at Queens' College of Cambridge University came close to Newton's 1666 Revelation number.

Father of Earthquakes, Rev. John Michell
Queens' College, Silver Street
Cambridge CB3 9ET

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