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1 Mitchell
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2 Mitchell
m.1 Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell.2 Mitchell, John Mitchell.3 Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell.4 Mitchell, Maria Mitchell.5 Mitchell, William Mitchell.6 Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell. -
3 Mitchell, Charles
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 20 May 1820 Aberdeen, Scotlandd. 22 August 1895 Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, England[br]Scottish industrialist whose Tyneside shipyard was an early constituent of what became the Vickers Shipbuilding Group.[br]Mitchell's early education commenced at Ledingham's Academy, Correction Wynd, Aberdeen, and from there he became a premium apprentice at the Footdee Engineering Works of Wm Simpson \& Co. Despite being employed for around twelve hours each day, Mitchell matriculated at Marischal College (now merged with King's College to form the University of Aberdeen). He did not graduate, although in 1840 he won the chemistry prize. On the completion of his apprenticeship, like Andrew Leslie (founder of Hawthorn Leslie) and other young Aberdonians he moved to Tyneside, where most of his working life was spent. From 1842 until 1844 he worked as a draughtsman for his friend Coutts, who had a shipyard at Low Walker, before moving on to the drawing offices of Maudslay Sons and Field of London, then one of the leading shipbuilding and engineering establishments in the UK. While in London he studied languages, acquiring a skill that was to stand him in good stead in later years. In 1852 he returned to the North East and set up his own iron-ship building yard at Low Walker near Newcastle. Two years later he married Anne Swan, the sister of the two young men who were to found the company now known as Swan Hunter Ltd. The Mitchell yard grew in size and reputation and by the 1850s he was building for the Russian Navy and Merchant Marine as well as advising the Russians on their shipyards in St Petersburg. In 1867 the first informal business arrangement was concluded with Armstrongs for the supply of armaments for ships; this led to increased co-operation and ultimately in 1882 to the merger of the two shipyards as Sir W.G.Armstrong Mitchell \& Co. At the time of the merger, Mitchell had launched 450 ships in twenty-nine years. In 1886 the new company built the SS Gluckauf, the world's first bulk oil tanker. After ill health in 1865 Mitchell reduced his workload and lived for a while in Surbiton, London, but returned to Tyneside to a new house at Jesmond. In his later years he was a generous benefactor to many good causes in Tyneside and Aberdeen, to the Church and to the University of Aberdeen.[br]Further ReadingD.F.McGuire, 1988, Charles Mitchell 1820–1895, Victorian Shipbuilder, Newcastle upon Tyne: City Libraries and Arts.J.D.Scott, 1962, Vickers. A History, London: Weidenfeld \& Nicolson (a recommended overview of the Vickers Group).FMW -
4 Mitchell, Reginald Joseph
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 20 May 1895 Talke, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandd. 11 June 1937 Southampton, England[br]English aircraft designer.[br]He was the son of a headmaster who, when Mitchell was aged 6 years, set up his own printing business. Mitchell was apprenticed at the age of 16 to a locomotive builder in Stoke and also studied engineering, mechanics, mathematics and drawing at night-school. With the outbreak of war in 1914 he became increasingly interested in aircraft and in 1916 joined the Supermarine Aviation Works at Southampton. Such was his talent for aviation design that within three years he had risen to be Chief Engineer Designer. Initially Mitchell's work was concentrated on flying boats, but with the resurrection after the First World War of the biennial Schneider Trophy races for seaplanes he turned his attention increasingly to high-speed floatplanes. He first achieved success with his S-5 in the 1927 race at Venice and followed it up with further victories in 1929 and 1931 with the S-6 and S-6B, enabling Britain to win the trophy outright (See also Royce, Sir Frederick Henry). Using the experience gained from the Schneider Trophy races, Mitchell now began to design fighter aircraft. He was dissatisfied with his first attempt, which was to produce a fighter to an Air Ministry specification, and started afresh on his own. The result was the Supermarine Spitfire, which was to become one of the outstanding aircraft of the Second World War. Sadly, he died of cancer before his project came to full fruition, with the Spitfire not entering Royal Air Force service until June 1938. The success of Mitchell's designs was due to his ability to combine good engineering with aerodynamic grace.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal 1927. CBE 1931.Further ReadingRalph Barker, 1971, The Schneider Trophy Races, London: Chatto \& Windus.CMBiographical history of technology > Mitchell, Reginald Joseph
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5 Mitchell-Abbauverfahren
n < min> ■ Mitchell slicing systemGerman-english technical dictionary > Mitchell-Abbauverfahren
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6 Mitchell Air Force base
Military: MAFBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell Air Force base
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7 Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation Class A
NYSE. MNDAУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation Class A
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8 Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation Class B
NYSE. MNDBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation Class B
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9 Mitchell Holden Group
Trademark term: MHGУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell Holden Group
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10 Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia, Australia
Airports: MIHУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia, Australia
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11 Mitchell River, Queensland, Australia
Airports: MXQУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell River, Queensland, Australia
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12 Mitchell, Queensland, Australia
Airports: MTQУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell, Queensland, Australia
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13 Mitchell, South Dakota USA
Airports: MHEУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Mitchell, South Dakota USA
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16 William Mitchell Law Review
Law: Wm. Mitchell L.Rev.Универсальный русско-английский словарь > William Mitchell Law Review
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17 General Mitchell International Airport
Transport: MKEУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > General Mitchell International Airport
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18 Waterman Hills-Mitchell Range
Geology: WHMRУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Waterman Hills-Mitchell Range
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19 William J. Mitchell Publicity Photographs
Mass media: WJMУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > William J. Mitchell Publicity Photographs
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20 William Mitchell College Of Law
University: WMCLУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > William Mitchell College Of Law
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