Moses G. Farmer
Moses Gerrish Farmer (born February 9, 1820 in Boscawen (New Hampshire) , † May 25, 1893 ) was an American electrical engineer and inventor.
He attended Phillips Academy and Dartmouth College . He became a telegraph pioneer. He constructed and maintained the telegraph lines of Massachusetts. He later became a construction manager for a telegraph company. He studied multiple telegraphy and in 1856 demonstrated duplex telegraphy between New York and Philadelphia. In 1857 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
In 1847 he designed an electro-magnetic locomotive. In 1859 he designed a self-excited dynamo. Edison acquired his patented incandescent lamp.
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| SURNAME | Farmer, Moses G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farmer, Moses Gerrish |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American electrical engineer and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boscawen, New Hampshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1893 |