Blake, Eli Whitney
inventor, was born Jan. 27, 1795, in Westborough, Mass.
The ideas that he originated still characterize the forms of American locks, latches, casters, hinges, and other articles of house-furnishing hardware wherever manufactured. His crusher is now used in all parts of the world for breaking ores, road metal, and similar purposes. Mr.
Blake was one of the founders, and for several years president, of the Connecticut Academy of Science. He is the author of Original Solutions of Several Problems in Aërodynamics. He died Aug. 18, 1886, in New Haven, Conn.