John Farey Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1791
Place of Birth: Lambeth, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 17-Jul-1851
Profession: engineer
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Farey Jr.
- John Farey Jr.
- (20 March 1791 – 17 July 1851) was an English mechanical engineering, consulting engineer and patent agent, known for his pioneering contributions in the field mechanical engineering.As consulting engineer Farey worked for many well-known inventors of the later Industrial Revolution, and was a witness to a number of parliamentary enquiries, inquests and court cases, and on occasion acted as an arbitrator.
- He was polymathic in his interests and contributed text and drawings to a number of periodicals and encyclopaedias.
- Farey is also remembered as the first English inventor of the ellipsograph, an instrument used by draughtsmen to inscribe ellipses.
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