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Carols and Songs. Blake, Charles Morris, soldier, was born in Maine. He served throughout the civil war as hospital chaplain, with rank of captain. He died June 3, 1893. Blake, Clarence John, physician, journalist, inventor, was born Feb. 23, 1843, in Boston, Mass. In 1871 he was appointed instructor in otology in Harvard medical school; and was president of the American otological society in 1876-77. He has invented several surgical instruments for use in the treatment of diseases of the ear, principally the

membrana tympani phonautograph. Blake, Edward, lawyer, jurist. In 1690 he associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. Blake, Eli Whitney, manufacturer, inventor, was born Jan. 27, 1795, in Westborough, Mass. The ideas that he originated still characterize the forms of American locks, latchand other articles of es, casters, hinges house-furnishing hardware wherever manufactured. His crusher is now used in all parts of the world for breaking ores, road metal and similar purposes. He was one of the founders and for several years president of the Connecticut academy of science. He was the author of Original Solutions of Several Problems in Aerodynamics. He died Aug. 18, 1886, in New Haven, Conn. Blake, Eli Whitney, educator, chemist, was born April 20, 1836, in New Haven, Conn. He was professor of chemistry in the university of Vermont, at Cornell, at Columbia, and at Brown; and was a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He died Oct. 1, 1895, in Providence, E.I. Blake, EUyn J., educator, scientist, was born Nov. 7, 1842, in Wilbraham, Mass. In 1886 she began the treatment of hypertrichoand was the first woman sis with electricity to take legitimate instruction and make a specialty of the work. Blake, Mrs. Euphemia Vale, journalist, author, poet, was born May 7, 1825, near Hastings, England; and was the daughter of Gilbert Vale, well known as an author, publisher, inventor, public lecturer and professor of

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1866 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. Blake has written extensively for the North American Review, the Christian Examiner, for the Boston Transcript and other

well-known publications. She is the author of Arctic Experiences ; Teeth, Ether and Chloroform ; History of Newburyport; and History of Tammany Hall.

Blake, Evans, soldier, was born in Maine. In 1861 he was first lieutenant and regimen-

the forty-fifth regiinfantry; became captain in 1865; and in 1866 was brevetted major of

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volunteers. Blake, Francis, inventor, was born Dec. 25, 1850, in Needham, Mass. He is the inventor of the Blake transmitter, now most frequently used on telephones. Blake, George Alexander Hamilton, soldier, was born in September, 1812, in Pennsylva-

served in the Seminole, Mexican and and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Oct. 27, 1884. nia.

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Blake, George Fordyce, manufacturer, inventor, was born May 20, 1819, in Farmington Falls, Maine. His principal inventions

were a water meter and a steam pump. In 1864-90 he was engaged in the manufacure of them in Worcester, Mass. Blake, George Smith, naval officer, was born in 1803 in Worcester, Mass. In 1857-65 he was superintendent of the United States naval academy. On the reorganization of the navy in 1862 he was promoted to commodore. Blake, Harrison G., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born March 17, 1818, in New Fane, Vt. He served four years in the Ohio state legislature; and was president of the state senate in 1848-49. In 1859-63 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses.

Henry Nichols, soldier, lawyer, jurwas born June 5, 1838, in Boston, Mass.

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In 1859 he began the practice of law; but when the first call for volunteers was made he enlisted in the eleventh regiment Massachusetts infantry. He served for three years; and attained the rank of captain. In 1869 he was appointed United States attorney for Montana; but resigned in 1871 to become attorney of the first judicial district. In 1875 he was an associate justice; and in 1889-93 was chief justice of Montana. He was the author of Three Years in the Army. Blake, Homer Crane, naval officer, was born Feb. 1, 1822, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was made lieutenant-commander and given the command of the Hatteras. In 1863, the Hatteras, while at anchor off Galveston, Texas, was ordered to chase a suspicious vessel, which proved to be the confederate cruiser Alabama, and after a short action Commander Blake was obliged to surrender, as the Hatteras was no match for her adversary. He died Jan. 21, 1880, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Blake, Ira Green, manufacturer, inventor, 25, 1832, in Peacham, Vt. He invented a hair-spring, a safety pinion and a device to prevent the tangling of a hairspring when a watch falls. His most important invention was the chronometer that can be adjusted to give accuracy of time in a variation of temperature. In 1892 he began the manufacture of time locks. He died Jan. 5, 1904, in Manchester, Mass. Blake, Jacob Edmund, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. He was first lieutenant of engineers. He died May 9, 1846.

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