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 Mr. Espy also presented to the British association a paper on " Four Fluctuations of the Barometer"' which was later elaborated in his "' Philosophy of Storms." He believed that storms could be induced by fires large enough to cause the cur- rents of atmosphere to ascend, and made rei)eated and fruitless petitions to congress and to the Pennsylvania legislature for appropriations by which he could practically demonstrate his theory. In 18-13 he established a system of weathef' reports in the war department, which later developed into the signal service system. He was for several years a regent of the Smith- sonian institution, and on the occasion of his death, Prof. Alexander Dallas Bache pronounced his eulogy, and the board of regents passed memorial resolutions. He was popularly known as "The Old Storm King," His published writ- ings consist of numerous lectures and essays ; con- tributions to scientific periodicals ; reports to the Smithsonian institution, to the surgeoQ-general of the army, to congress, and to the secretary of the navy ; and Tlie Philosophy of Storms (1841). He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1860.

ESTE, George Peabody, lawyer, was born in Nashua, N.H., Apnl 24, 1829. He was educated at Dartmouth, was admitted to the bar and estab- lished an office in Toledo, Ohio, in partnership with Morrison R. Waite. He was county solici- tor in 1860, but at the opening of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the Union army at which time he changed the spelling of his name from Estey. In 1862 he had reached the rank of colo- nel of the 14th Ohio infantry, was brevetted brig- adier-general of volunteers, Dec. 9, 1864, and was raised to the full rank June 26, 1865. He resigned Dec. 4, 180.1, and practised law in Washington, D.C. He died in New York city, Feb. 6, 1881.

 publisher, was born in Gorham, Maine, March 4, 1840; son of Joseph and Maria (Edwards) Estes, and a descendant through Joseph, Robert, Samuel, Henry and Beajamin, from Richard (son of Robert Estes of Dover, England), who landed in Boston, Mass., Sept. 27, 1684, and settled at Piscataqua, Oct. 11, 1684. Dana was educated in the public schools, and was a clerk in a general store in Augusta, Maine, 1855–59. He engaged in the book business with Henry D. Degen & Son in Boston, 1859–61. He served in the Union army from April, 1861, until the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 31, 1862, when his only brother, Albert S. Estes, was killed, and where he was disabled from further service. He re-entered the book business as a clerk in 1864, and in 1866 became a member of the firm of Degen, Estes & Co. He was subsequently connected with the house of Lee & Shepard, until 1872, when he became a partner in the firm of Estes & Lauriat, which was succeeded by Dana Estes & Co., of which he was the head in 1898. He was elected a member of the American association for the advancement of science; of the American archæological institute and of various social and literary clubs. He received the degree of A.M. from Bowdoin college in 1898. He was married April 11, 1867, to Louise S., daughter of Peter and Mary (Filgate) Reid of England, and their sons, Frederick Reid, Dana Jr., and Philip Sydney, became interested in the publishing business. Mr. Estes' second wife, to whom he was married Nov. 10, 1884, was Grace D., daughter of Samuel E. and Charlotte Haven (Ladd) Coues of Portsmouth, N.H. He edited, and compiled several volumes of juvenile and standard poetry.

 ESTES, Lewis Alden, educator, was born at Durham, Maine, Dec. 11, 1815; son of Thomas and Bettie (Alden) Estes, and a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. He was prejiared for college at Maine Weslej-an seminary and was graduated at Bowdoin in 1844. In 1846 he be- came principal of a school under the control of the Society of Friends in Richmond, Ind., after- ward known as Earlham college, and remained in that position until 1863. He then taught school at Westfield, Ind., until 1870, when he was elected president of Wilmington college, Ohio. He resigned in 1876 to engage in other business. He was married first, Feb. 24, 1848, to Huldah Case, daugliter of the Rev. Nathan C. Hoag, who died Aug. 6, 1875; and second, to Esther Owen Brown. He died at Westfield, Ind., Nov. 10, 1891.

ESTES, Ludovic, educator, was born at Riclmiond, Ind., March 4, 1849; son of Prof. Lewis Alden and Huldah Case (Hoag) Estes. He attended Earlham college, Ind., and was graduated from Haverford college in 1869, in which institution he held the chair of mathe- matics and Latin for the three years following, relinquishing the position on account of a serious accident. After partially regaining his health he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania railway company as civil engineer, stationed at Pitts- burg. Illness compelled him to resign this posi- tion in 1875, and until 1885 he taught in the Friends academy at Spiceland, Ind. He then en- tered the graduate department of the University of Michigan and in 1887 received the degree of Ph.D. He remained at the university as instruc- tor in mathematics, 1887-88, and in September, 1888, became professor of mathematics, phj'sics and astronomy in the University of North Dakota. He was married in 1883 to Belle, daugliter of Robert and Zurilda Chambers of New Castle, Ind. He published several monographs, and left unpublished Coller/e Trir/onomHry (1888). He died in Grand Forks, N.D.. Marcli 11, isn8. 