Mitchell (JOHN AMES an American)
JOHN AMES, an American journalist; born in New York City, Jan. 17, 1845; studied at Lawrence Scientific School; studied architecture in Boston, Mass., and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 1867-1870; practiced as an architect in Boston, 1870-1876; afterward engaged in artistic and decorative work; studied drawing and painting in Paris, 1876-1880; was then in New York till 1883 as artist, illustrator, and writer; founded, Jan. 3, 1883, "Life," of which he was editor. Wrote: "The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt. Desert" (1881); "Romance of the Moon" (1886); "The Last American" (1889); "Amos Judd" (1895); "That First Affair" (1896); "Gloria Victis" (1897); etc. Died 1920.
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Mitchell (MARIA an American astronomer)
MARIA, an American astronomer; born in Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 1, 1818. She inherited her father's love of astronomy, which she made her life-work. She discovered a considerable number of nebulæ and a comet (in 1847), for which she received a medal from the King of Denmark. She was librarian of the Nantucket Athenæum for many years, and a computer on the "American Nautical Almanac." Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory of Vassar College, 1865-1888. She took part in several eclipse expeditions with parties of her students. She died in Lynn, Mass., June 28, 1889.
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Mitchell (SILAS WEIR a distinguished)
SILAS WEIR, a distinguished American physician, poet, and novelist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 15, 1829; studied at the University of Pennsylvania; was graduated at Jefferson Medical College (1850); practiced in Philadelphia and became prominent as a physiologist, especially as a neurologist and toxicologist; was member of National Academy of Sciences (1865), British Medical Association, etc.; LL.D. (Harv. and Univ. of Edinburgh). He wrote treatises on "Neurology," "Serpent Poisons," "Comparative Physiology." He published several volumes of poems and essays, and among his best novels are: "Hugh Wynne" (1897); "Adventures of François" (1900). Died 1918.
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Mitchell, Donald Grant
Donald Grant (1822-), an American author who wrote under the pseudonym of Ik Marvel. He was born at Norwich, Connecticut, and received his education at Yale University . Later he studied law. He was United States consul to Venice in 1853. In 1855 Mitchell settled on his farm, "Edgewood," near New Haven , where he has spent his time largely in writing on various themes. Reveries of a Bachelor, Dream Life, Dr. Johns, My Farm at Edgewood, Wet Days at Edgewood, Out of Town Places, American Lands and Letters, are among his well known books. Mitchell's style is easy and pleasant, the old fashioned sentiment and quaint humor reminding one a little of Irving.
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Mitchell, Maria
Maria (1818-1889), an American astronomer. She was born at Nantucket, Massachusetts, the daughter of William Mitchell, who was himself an asstronomer. She was for a time a teacher in a private school, and was for twenty years librarian of the Nantucket Athenaeum. She became known as an astronomer in 1847 by the discovery of a new comet. She continued her astronomical studies and in 1865 was made professor of astronomy at Vassar College . She received the degree of LL. D. from Dartmouth in 1852 and from Columbia in 1887, and was the first woman honored by election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was interested during her later years in raising a fund to endow the chair of astronomy at Vassar. The fund was completed after her death, and was called in her honor the Maria Mitchell Endowment Fund.
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Mitchell, Silas Weir
Silas Weir (1829-), an American physician and author. He was born at Philadelphia. He received his education at the University of Pennsylvania and at Jefferson Medical College. He is the author of many medical treatises of scientific importance. Outside of his profession he is known widely as a novelist. Hugh Wynne and the Adventures of Francois are his most popular stories. Others are Roland Blake, Far in the Forest, and Circumstance. Mitchell is also the author of several volumes of poetry.
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Mite
Important: Safety Warning This page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. an order of insect-like animals including ticks, itch mites, and "red spiders." The thorax and the abdomen are fused into one body and the head is distinct. The adult mite has four pairs of legs. The itch-mite burrows, especially between the toes and fingers of those whom it afflicts, but readily succumbs to sulphur or mercurial ointment. Many other mites are parasitic. The cattle tick of the Southern States is a large mite. The wood-tick is also a mite. The large sheep-tick is not a mite but an abnormal, wingless, parasitic fly. A mite that infests house plants is popularly called the red spider. Certain other mites, as the pear mite, take up their residence in the leaves of trees, causing ruinous blisters. Scavenger mites infest cheese and preserved meats.
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Mite
a small coin once circulating in England. The translators of the Bible gave the name to a corresponding coin of Palestine. The widow's "two mites," which she of her poverty cast into the box, and which Christ declared, Luke xxi: 2, outweighed all the gifts of the rich, were together worth about half a cent. See Coin
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Mite
a name common to numerous small, in some cases microscopic animals, of the class Arachnida (spiders) and division Acarida.
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Miter
or MITRE, in ordinary language, a form of head-dress worn by the inhabitants of Asia Minor; a head-band. In the Jewish religion, the divinely-appointed head-dress of the Jewish high priest. In the Christian religion, the head-dress of a bishop. Miters are supposed to have been first worn between the 7th century and the 10th.
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Miter Gears
Gears whose shafts are at right angles to each other and whose diameters are equal. All miter gears are bevel gears, but all bevel gears are not miter gears. MOINET, LOUIS. A clever watchmaker and writer of France. He was born at Bourges in 1768 and died in 1853.
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