In the following pages will be found a brief 

 account of the life and character of Eli Whitney 

 Blake, LL. D., who was for twenty-five years Hazard 

 Professor of Physics at Brown University. 



It has been thought proper that some permanent 

 record should be made of a noble and influential life, 

 so modestly lived that its course was seldom marked 

 by the conspicuous events which usually help to 

 preserve the memory of an active career. 



During his lifetime Professor Blake madr manv 

 friends, but his devotion to his work often prevented 

 the close and frequent association which both he and 

 they desired. Such friends will be glad to preserve 

 in this slight memorial sketch, a record of his work 

 and some suggestion of his personality. 



