Papers, 1851-1898.

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Papers, 1851-1898.

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Correspondence, notes, sketches, and clippings of William Francis Channing, inventor and electrical researcher. Among the correspondence are copies of letters from Eli Whitney Blake and Alexander Graham Bell, and a series of letters from European inventor Eimrich Rein. A large series of letters from Moses Gerrish Farmer concerns the development and controversies over the first electrical fire alarm system, for which Channing and Farmer received a U.S. patent. Drafts of reports and notes describing inventions and experiments are included. Much of the material relates to the development of the telephone, to which Channing made some contribution. Also included is some material relating to a ship railway, designed for use with canals, for which Channing received a patent. A small amount of personal correspondence is included, among which is a letter from Cassius Clay.

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Farmer, Moses G. (Moses Gerrish), 1820-1893

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Moses Gerrish Farmer was born Feb. 9, 1820 in Boxcawen, NH; entered preparatory school at Andover in 1832; attended Dartmouth, but withdrew because of ill health; he worked briefly in a civil engineer's office and was affiliated with various private schools in New England; married Hannah Tobey Shapleigh in 1844; while he was a school principal in Dover, NH, he invented a machine to print paper window shades; began work with the electric telegraph, eventually taking charge of the telegraph line b...

Rein, Eimrich

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Channing, William F. (William Francis), 1820-1901

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...

Blake, Eli W. (Eli Whitney), 1795-1886

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Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...