| Reference number | EC/1847/16 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 203; A57235 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Farey, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate relates to unsuccessful candidature |
| Citation | The Author of Several detached articles, and numerous drawings in Rees' Cyclopaedia, Brewster's Encyclopaedia, and Napier's Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica; The drawings for the publication of Smeaton's Reports. 1806 to 1820. A Treatise on the Steam Engine 1827. The Inventor or Improver of The Elliptograph for describing ellipses and dividing their circumferences, for perspective, drawing and engraving. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Mechanics in all its various branches. Eminent as a Consulting Engineer, in matters relating to the applications of science to practical purposes |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge. Bryan Donkin; Fred Pollock; John Rennie; Joseph Miller; William Chadwell Mylne; John Taylor; Joshua Field; William Brockedon; Andrew Ure; W Apton; W Cubitt; Philip Hardwick; Willm Buckland; Jas M Rendel; T S Brandreth; [?]; Geo Lowe |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7668 | Farey; John (1791 - 1851) | 1791 - 1851 |