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Geikie, Archibald (2014). Memoir of John Michell. Cambridge University Press. pp. 12–18, 95–96. ISBN 9781107623781. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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Galaxy Formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2008. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73478-9. ISBN 978-3-540-73477-2.
Schaffer, Simon (1979). "John Michell and Black Holes". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 10: 42–43. Bibcode:1979JHA....10...42S. doi:10.1177/002182867901000104. S2CID 123958527. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Michell, John (1784). "On the Means of Discovering the Distance, Magnitude, &c. of the Fixed Stars, in Consequence of the Diminution of the Velocity of Their Light, in Case Such a Diminution Should be Found to Take Place in any of Them, and Such Other Data Should be Procured from Observations, as Would be Farther Necessary for That Purpose. By the Rev. John Michell, B. D. F. R. S. In a Letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 74: 35–57. Bibcode:1784RSPT...74...35M. doi:10.1098/rstl.1784.0008.
Clerke, A.M. "Michell, John (1724/5–1793), astronomer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18657?docPos=1. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

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Wilkins, Alasdair (23 December 2010). "The forgotten genius who discovered black holes over 200 years ago". Gizmodo. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

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McCormmach, Russell (2012). Weighing the World. Springer. pp. 5–7. ISBN 9789400720220.
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McCormmach, Russell (2012). Weighing the World: The Reverend John Michell of Thornhill. Springer. p. 402. ISBN 978-94-007-2022-0.

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Clerke, A.M. "Michell, John (1724/5–1793), astronomer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18657?docPos=1. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

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Schaffer, Simon (1979). "John Michell and Black Holes". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 10: 42–43. Bibcode:1979JHA....10...42S. doi:10.1177/002182867901000104. S2CID 123958527. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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Galaxy Formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2008. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73478-9. ISBN 978-3-540-73477-2.

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Weighing the World. springer.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

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"John Michell (1724–93): Father of Magnetometry?" (PDF). HEP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2014.

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"John Michell and Black Holes". amnh.org. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014.
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"Michell". Messier. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.

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Clerke, A.M. "Michell, John (1724/5–1793), astronomer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18657?docPos=1. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

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Hughes, David W.; Cartwright, Susan (2007). "John Michell, the Pleiades, and Odds of 496,000 to 1". Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 10 (2): 93–99. ISSN 1440-2807.

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