was one of $30,000 to establish a professorship of natural philosophy at Brown, and nearly as much to Columbian college, D. C, to establish a profes- sorship of intellectual and moral philosophy. He also endowed some scholarships in Brown univer- sity. His published works include " Callender's Century Sermon," edited with copious notes and sketches ; the " Works of Jonathan Maxcy, D. D.," first president of Brown university, with an intro- ductory memoir (New York, 1844) : and a " Life of Roger "Williams, the Earliest Legislator." The lat- ter work contains much original matter, particu- larly the letters of Mrs. Sadlier, daughter of Sir Edward Coke, to Roger Williams. — His second wife, Prothesia S. Goss, b. in England about 1800 ; d. there in 1867, wrote " The Philanthropist," " Spirit of Sectarianism," and " The Piedmontese Envoy, or the Men, Manners, and Religion of the Com- monwealth " (1844).
ELUYAR Y SUVISA (erroneously written D'ELHUYART), Fansto de (ay-loo-yar'-ee-soo-
vee'-sah), Spanish chemist, b. in Log-roilo, Spain, 11
Oct., 1757 ; d. in Madrid in 1833. After studying in
Spain, he went to Paris, devoted himself to natural
science, and was appointed professor of mineralogy
at the seminary of Vergara when he was scarcely
nineteen years old. Two years afterward he was
sent by the Royal basque society to make special
studies in the mineralogical academy of Freiberg,
Saxony, and in the mineral region of that country,
whence he returned in 1781 to Vergara, and again
occupied his chair. During 1783-4, by order of
the government, he made scientific explorations of
the mountains of Biscay and Navarra, and, in com-
pany with his brother Juan (who was afterward
director-general of mines in New Granada, and died
there), analyzed the German wolfram ore, discover-
ing the new metal called tungsten in 1785. In the
same year he was sent by the Spanish government
to study the new method of amalgamation, used by
Born in Hungaria, where he remained two years,
and married in 1786 the daughter of Maria Theresa's
privy counsellor, Raab. In 1788 he went to New
Spain as president of the royal supreme court of
mines, taking with him twenty-five German miners,
to teach the new method of amalgamation. He
improved and enlarged the mines of Zacateeas,
Guanajuato, Sombrerete, Bolaiios, Real del Monte,
Regla, and Pachuca, and in 1793 established in the
city of Mexico the Royal college of mines, taking
the chair, of chemistry until a special professor
could be obtained. During his presidency he es-
tablished a complete chemical laboratory, a physi-
cal cabinet, and collections of minerals and of
models of machinery constructed in Mexico of
beautiful native woods. Humboldt visited the col-
lege in 1803, and admired its completeness and sci-
entific merits. Eluyar's distinguished qualities
were so much appreciated that, in 1797, when his
term of nine years was about to expire, the junta
general of the vice-royalty petitioned the king to
reappoint him, with the rank of minister of the
royal council of commerce, mines, and mints for
New Spain. After the rebellion of Iturbide and
the independence of Mexico, Eluyar returned to
Spain, and was there appointed general director
and member of the council of mines (1833), which
place he held until his death. Eluyar was the in-
ventor of a hydraulic machine and the author of
several works on mineralogy, mining, and mints,
the principal ones being " Descubrimiento de un
nuevo metal hecho en el analisis del Wolfram "
(printed by the Basque society) ; " Tratado sobre
la nueva amalgamacion del concejero Born " (print-
ed by the Mineralogical society of Germany);
" Plan y distribucion para el Colegio Seminario de
mineria de Mejico " ; " Memoria sobre noticias de
minas " (1793) ; " Sobre una nueva maquina hidrau-
lica del autor " (1805) ; " Discursos sobre la impor-
taneia y subsistencia del Real cuerpo de la mineria
en Nueva Espana " (1815) ; *' Disertaci6n sobre reeo-
jer la moneda provisional, y sobre las casas de mon-
eda provinciales " ; " Discursos sobre la mineria, su
gobierno en general, su estado actual en Nueva
Espana y su conveniente reforma" ; and " Indaga-
ciones sobre el sistema de amonedacion observado en
Nueva Espana, su actual estado y producto " (1818).
ELWYN, Alfred Langdon, philanthropist, b.
in Portsmouth, N. H., 9 July. 1804; d. in Philadel-
phia, Pa., 15 March, 1884. He was a grandson of
John Langdon, the first continental governor of
New Hanqjshire. Alfred was graduated at Har-
vard in 1833, studied medicine abroad in 1834-'9,
and, on his return, at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, where he received his degree in 1831. Dr.
Elwyn never practised his profession, but became
widely known as a philanthropist. He was the
originator of the Pennsylvania agricultural society
and farm-school, and its president in 1850, and was
also at various times president of the Pennsylvania
institution for the instruction of the blind, of the
Training-school for feeble-minded children, and of
the Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
He published " Bonaparte," a poem (Philadelphia,
1848) ; " Glossary of Supposed Americanisms "
(1860) ; " Letters to the Hon. John Langdon, dur-
ing and after the Revolution " (1880) ; " Melancholy,
and its Musings" (1881); and "A Few Hints to
the City on Intemperance."
ELY, Alfred, clergyman, b. in West Springfield, Mass., 8 Nov., 1778 ; d. in Monson, Mass., 6 July, 1866. He was graduated at Princeton in September, 1804, and elected a tutor in that college, where he remained one year. He then returned to West Springfield, entered on the study of theology, was licensed to preach in February, 1806, and ordained the following December. His pastorate was remarkable for its success as well as for lasting through his life. He was one of the earliest trustees of Amherst college, and in that office assisted in sustaining the institution in the difficulties and discouragements of its early history. He was elected in 1840 a corporate member of the American board of foreign missions. Several of his sermons have been published.
ELY, Alfred, lawyer, b. in Lyme, New London
CO., Conn., 18 Feb., 1815: d. in "Rochester, N. Y.,
18 May, 1893. He removed to Rochester, N. Y., in
1835, studied law, wasadmittetl to the bar in 1841,
and began practice in Rochester. Mr. Ely was elect-
ed to congress as a Republican in 1858, and served
from 5 Dec, 1859, till 3 March, 1863. Pie went as
a civilian spectator to the battle-field of Bull Run
in July, 1861, where he was captured by the Con-
federates and put into Libby prison, Richmond.
After nearly six months' confinement he was ex-
changed for Charles J. Faulkner, the American
minister to France, who had been imprisoned for
disloyalty. During his term of imprisonment he
kept a diary, which was edited by Charles Lan-
man, with the title " Journal of Alfred Ely, a Pris-
oner of War in Richmond " (New York, 1863).
ELY, Ezra Stiles, clergyman, b. in Lebanon, Conn., 13 June, 1786 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 18 June, 1861. He was graduated at Yale college in 1803, studied theology with his father, Rev. Zebuion Ely, and was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church in Colchester, Conn., in 1806. He
was then chaplain of the New York city hospital, subsequently pastor of the Pine street church,
