The New International Encyclopædia/Blake, Eli Whitney

BLAKE, Eli Whitney (1795-1886). An American inventor. He was born in New Haven, Conn., and graduated at Yale in 1816. Blake assisted his uncle, Eli Whitney (q.v.), in the management of the gun-factory at Whitneyville, and on his uncle's death assumed full charge. In conjunction with his brother, he afterwards established a hardware factory at Westville. Blake is best known for his invention of a stone-breaking machine. He wrote several scientific papers, the most noteworthy being Original f^oliitions of Several Problems in Aerodynamics (1882). His son. Eli Whitney (1836-1895), graduated at Yale in 1857, and later studied in Germany. He served as professor of physics in the universities of Vermont, Cornell, Columbia, and Brown, and was connected with several scientific societies, including the Apierican Association for the Advancement of Science.