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Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was born on August 28, 1810, in Union County, Kentucky, United States.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...to that amount was as eleven millions to one. He had brou ht all the powers of analysis itself into the calcu ations, and the probabilities of his being in error were as I have stated. But it seemed as if Chance was not to have its peculiar dominion invaded in this way, and. if I may be allowed to use the expression, Chance determined to chastise the hand that had ventured to draw aside the curtain and unveil her mysteries; for it has been proved most positively that that one chance out of eleven millions was the one that turned up, and La Place was wrong. (Applause) The fact was, the measurements had been made indifferently and a long time ago. He had used a computation made upon a little body called Encke's Comet, and from the ethereal mass of the elements of this ghost of a world, so filmy that it has not the power to lessen even the lightofthe smallest stars that shine through it, he had made his calculation of the mighty orb of Jupiter. The mass of Jupiter, as computed by La Place, was employed to determine how much disturhance existed there, and there was not enough. So when this mass was applied to other calculations. and suspicions were aroused that it was inaccurately calculated. it excited other measurements, until at length all agreed very accurately in giving the mass of Jupiter such, that 1049 such bodies-= would make one Sun. We proceed now to the Structure of our System. It will be remembered by all who heard me in my Second Lecture, that the older planets were for I long time known. They are arranged according toa very curious law, with reference to their distance from the Sun. It is known, for example, that when passing out from the Sun to Mercury, and fromMercury to Venus, there is a certain ratio of dis-. tance,...
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Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was born on August 28, 1810, in Union County, Kentucky, United States.
Mitchel was educated in Lebanon, Ohio and afterward entered West Point on July 1, 1825. Mitchel excelled at the Academy, graduating fifteenth in his class of forty-six cadets on July 1, 1829.
After Mitchel's graduation, the United States Army assigned him to teach mathematics at West Point. In 1831, he was reassigned to Florida and served as a second lieutenant of artillery. Unhappy with military life, Mitchel resigned his commission and opened a law practice in 1833 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Less than a year after becoming an attorney, Mitchel returned to teaching. In 1834, he accepted a position at Cincinnati College as a professor of mathematics, natural philosophy, and astronomy. In this position, Mitchel played a leading role in establishing an observatory for the college. He convinced prominent Cincinnatian Nicholas Longworth to donate land for the project and recruited investors to assist in the construction of the building. Completed in 1845, the observatory was one of the most advanced in the United States at that time.
Following the observatory's completion, Mitchel resigned his professorship, but he continued to serve as the chief operating officer of the observatory. He began to give lectures on astronomy across the United States and became recognized as one of America's best known astronomers. To supplement his income, Mitchel also served as a construction engineer for the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. And the next decade Mitchel spent lecturing on and studying astronomy.
When the American Civil War began in 1861, Mitchel worked to assist the Union. He gave several speeches in Cincinnati, encouraging men to enlist. He also briefly commanded the Department of Ohio and helped plan Ohio's defense against invasion. On August 8, 1861, Mitchel received a commission as a brigadier general of Ohio volunteers. He played an important role in training the unskilled men.
Mitchel participated in the Fort Donelson campaign in February 1862. He also assisted in the capture of Nashville, Tennessee, by the Union on February 23, 1862. The mayor of Nashville surrendered the city to Mitchel. Upon securing Nashville, Mitchel advanced on Huntsville, Alabama. His goal was to destroy railroad tracks built from east to west across the Confederacy. Mitchel had limited success. He only had fifteen thousand troops under his command, and Confederate guerrillas successfully attacked his men. While most white Confederates were unhappy with the presence of Union soldiers among them, many of these people came to respect Mitchel for his kindness. He ordered his men not to steal from the civilians. Mitchel did grant some slaves freedom but only if the African Americans provided his men with information. Other slaves who ran away to Union lines were returned to their owners.
In July 1862, Mitchel was promoted to major general. At the same time, the Secretary of War removed Mitchel from his command. Mitchel was known for his difficulty in working with officers of the same or higher rank as himself. He especially came into conflict with General Don Carlos Buell. In July 1862, Mitchel was seriously debating whether or not to resign his commission because of his differences of opinion with Buell. Rather than allow a competent officer to resign, the Secretary of War transferred Mitchel to Washington, D. C. , and then reassigned him to South Carolina. Mitchel contracted yellow fever shortly after arriving in South Carolina and died on October 30, 1862.
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Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was married to Louisa Clark. They had several children.