Object Details
- Description
- Moses G. Farmer (1820-1893) was an American inventor and electrical engineer who, in 1856, designed the first “electric gyroscope so as to run continuously at uniform speed.” This example came from the shop of Thomas Hall, a Boston instrument maker. It belonged to the American physicist and inventor, Amos E. Dolbear (1837-1910).
- Ref: A. E. Dolbear, “Moses G. Farmer,” Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 29 (1893-1894): 415-418.
- Prof. A. E. Dolbear, “Moses G. Farmer as an Electrical Pioneer,” Electricity 13 (Aug. 4, 1897): 56-58.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Hall, Thomas
- date made
- ca 1860
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Benjamin L. Dolbear
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 3 in x 3 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.89 cm
- overall: 6 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 4 in; 17.145 cm x 8.5725 cm x 10.16 cm
- Object Name
- gyroscope
