Biographical entry Michell, Anthony George Maldon (George) (1870 - 1959)

Summary

George Michell was a consulting engineer based in Melbourne. He invented the Michell Thrust Bearing, a tilting-pad device which made possible much of the modern development of steam and water turbines and of propeller drives for large fast ships.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Anthony George Maldon Michell - Records, 1959 - 1964, MS 44; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Walker, Sydney, 'Michell, Anthony George Mauldon (1870-1959), Engineer and Inventor', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 492-494. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100480b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Michell, A G M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-495042. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000641. Details