• John Farey may refer to: John Farey Sr. (1766–1826), English geologist John Farey Jr. (1791–1851), his son, mechanical engineer John G. Fary, U.S. representative...
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    John Farey Jr. (20 March 1791 – 17 July 1851) was an English mechanical engineer, consulting engineer and patent attorney, known for his pioneering contributions...
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    John Farey Sr. (24 September 1766 – 6 January 1826) was an English geologist and writer best known for Farey sequence, a mathematical construct that is...
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  • Farey is the surname of: Cyril Farey (1888–1954), British architect and architectural illustrator John Farey Sr. (1766–1826), English geologist John Farey...
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    In mathematics, the Farey sequence of order n is the sequence of completely reduced fractions, either between 0 and 1, or without this restriction, which...
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    General music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia by Dr Charles Burney, John Farey, Sr. & John Farey, Jr.", Burney Letter, Vol 25 No 2, Spring. 2019. pp 1, 6-7, 12...
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    of the latter, dealing with manufacture and inventions, were drawn by John Farey, Jr., and engraved by Wilson Lowry. The natural history drawings were...
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  • Joseph Farey (1796–1829) was an English mechanical engineer and draughtsman. He was the third son of John Farey, Sr. (1766–1826) and Sophia Hubert (1770–1830)...
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    General music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia by Dr Charles Burney, John Farey, Sr. & John Farey, Jr., Burney Letter, Vol. 25, No. 2, Spring. 2019. pp. 1, 6–7...
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  • Clicquot invents the riddling table process to clarify champagne. John Farey notes the Farey sequence. René Laennec invents the stethoscope. Caleb Parry publishes...
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    hour. Printing press from 1811 Stanhope press from 1842 Imprenta Press V John Sherwin from 1860 Reliance Printing Press from the 1890s Toledo Blade newspaper...
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    work was overseen by Jeremiah Joyce. Some of the plates were drawn by John Farey Jr., and engraved by Wilson Lowry and Scott. The work was published by...
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    into English. Copley Medal: James Rennell; Jean-André Deluc March 20 – John Farey, English mechanical engineer and technical writer (died 1851) April 9...
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    and perhaps even to the time of Archimedes. Beam compass Bourke engine John Farey Jr. Hypocycloid Hypotrochoid Tusi couple Useless machine Scott Russell...
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    A Treatise on the Steam Engine, Historical Practical and Descriptive, John Farey, London 1827, page 109. The book proves that Savery's invention was independent...
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    the form in which Rennie noted it, in the company of related works by John Farey Jr., Peter Barlow and Andrew Ure. From An essay on the general principles...
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  • chemist (died 1828) September 6 – John Dalton, English chemist and physicist (died 1844) September 24 – John Farey, Sr., English geologist (died 1826)...
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  • July 6 – Thomas Davenport (born 1802), electrical engineer. July 17 – John Farey (born 1791), mechanical engineer and technical writer. September 2 – William...
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  • any whole Number less than each Divisor by all Integers from 1 to 1024. John Farey observed the mediant property in this table and mused in a letter to The...
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    used in a heading entitled "Coal-measures or Carboniferous Strata" by John Farey Sr. in 1811. Four units were originally ascribed to the Carboniferous...
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    Letterpress printing was introduced in Canada in 1752 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by John Bushell in the newspaper format. This paper was named the Halifax Gazette...
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    architect and artist, and his English wife, Marianne Farey (1799–1883), a daughter of John Farey Sr. (1766–1826) and his wife Sophia Hubert (1770–1830)...
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  • formations…, extending by detailed observation his work on volcanology. John Farey publishes A Treatise on the Steam Engine, historical, practical and descriptive...
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  • Marie Le Masson Le Golft (born 1750), French naturalist. January 6 – John Farey (born 1766), English geologist. March 28 - Jean-Baptiste Dumangin (born...
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  • Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey, sr (1766–1826), and John Farey, Jr (1791–1851). There are 53 plates as well a numerous...
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    General music articles in Rees's Cyclopedia by Dr Charles Burney, John Farey, Sr. & John Farey, Jr". Burney Letter. 25. No. 1: 7. Woolrich, A. P. (2020). "Dr...
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    the Quarterly Journal of Science in 1822, it remained somewhat obscure, John Farey, Jr. only learned of it on seeing it used, probably by Watt's men, when...
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    (1799–1809) on electricity and magnetism; John Farey, sr. (1766–1826), on canals, geology, music and surveying; John Farey, jr. (1791–1851) on machinery, manufactures...
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    and indicate Smith was used by John Farey Sr., another 'practical man' (i.e. mineral surveyor), to prosecute Farey's own grievances against the Geological...
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  • Music he never wrote. There were additional articles by John Farey, Sr. (1766-1826), and John Farey, Jr. (1791-1851). The listings show there are 1971 articles...
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