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Beach (ALFRED ELY an Ameri)

ALFRED ELY, an Ameri- Springfield, Mass., in 1826; son of Moses can publisher and inventor, born in Yale Beach, editor of the old New York "Sun." "Scientific American," in connection with In 1846 he established the Orson D. Munn. For nearly 50 years BEACH he was editor of this paper and director of its patent business. In 1852 he perfected a typewriting machine, for which the American Institute awarded him a gold medal. Later he invented a system of underground pneumatic tubes, a pneumatic elevated railway, and a hydraulic shield, by the use of which a tunnel could be excavated without interfering with surface traffic. He died in New York City, Jan. 1, 1896.