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tral High Sch, Phila, 73; M.E, Stevens, 76. 

 Bookkeeper, 68-74; ed, 'Am. Manufacturer,' 

 77-79; supt, manager and mech. engineer in 

 iron, steel and boiler works, 79-85; sec'y and 

 gen. manager, Springer Torsion Balance Co, 

 Jersey City, 85-90; consulting engineer, 90-03; 

 prof. mech. eng. and dean, Col. Applied Sci, 

 Syracuse, 03- Lecturer, Newark Tech. Sch, 

 92-99 ; assoc. ed, ' Eng. News,' 95-03 ; mem. N. 

 J. State Commission on Pollution of Streams, 

 98-99. Hon. Sc.D, Syracuse, 05. F.A.A. ( sec'y, 

 D, S6, 91, v. pres, 95) ; Min. Eng. (manager, 

 00-02); Mech. Eng. (v. pres, 88-90); Eng. 

 Educ; Soc. Heat, and Vent. Eng. (pres, 05) ; 

 Syracuse Tech. Club (pres, 05). Strength of 

 materials; heating value of American coals; 

 efficiency of steam-boilers, boiler furnaces and 

 steam-engines; alloys of copper and tin and of 

 copper and zinc Efficiency of steam-heating 

 installations. 



Kenyon, Prof. A(lfred) M(onroe), 103 Waldron 

 St, West Lafayette, Ind. Mathematics. 

 Medina, O, Dec. 10, 69. A.B, Hiram, 94; A.M, 

 Harvard, 98. Teacher, High Sch, Wellington, 

 O, 94-96; instr. math, Purdue, 98-01, assoc. 

 prof, 01-03, prof, 03- Instr. math, Case, 97; 

 Mass. Naut. Training Sch, 98. Math. Soc; Ind. 

 Acad. 



Kerr, Dr. Abram T(ucker), 61 Waite Ave, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Anatomy. Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 7, 73. 

 B.S, Cornell, 95; M.D, Buffalo, 97. Acting 

 prof, anat, Buffalo, 97-98, adj. prof, and demon- 

 strator, 9S-00; asst. prof, Cornell, 00-04, prof, 

 0< t - M.A.A; Ass. Anat; Micros. Soc. Sta- 

 tistical records from the dissecting room; tech- 

 nique; corrosion; anatomy of the kidneys and 

 bladder. Arrangements and variations of bra- 

 chial plexus; topography and form of abdom- 

 inal viscera. 



Kerr, Pres. W(illiam) J(asper), Logan, Utah. 

 Mathematics, College administration. Rich- 

 mond, Utah, Nov. 17, 63. Utah, 82-85; Cor- 

 nell, 90-91, summers, 91, 92,93. Instr. physiol, 

 geol. and physics, Brigham Young Col, 87-88, 

 math, 88-90, 91-92; prof. math, and astron, 

 Utah, 92-94; pres, Brigham Young Col, 94-00; 

 Utah Agr. Col, 00- Mem. State Constitutional 

 Convention, 87, 95. Math. Soc; Utah State 

 Teachers' Ass. ( pres, 97 ) . Philosophy of math- 

 ematics. 



Kershner, Prof. Jefferson E, 445 W. Chestnut St, 

 Lancaster, Pa. Mathematics, Physics. Berks 

 Co, Pa, Aug. 16, 54. A.B, Franklin and Mar- 

 shall, 77, A.M, 81; Ph.D, Yale, 85. Prof, 

 math, physics and astron, Franklin and Mar- 

 shall. SO- Consulting engineer; Edison Elec. 

 Illuminating Co, 91-02; Conestoga Traction 

 Co, 02. F.A.A. (sec'y, A, 94); Math. Soc; 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Elec. Eng. Elec- 

 tricity. 



Kester, Prof. F(rederick) E(dward), Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, O. Physics. Eaton, 

 O, Feb. 22, 73. M.E, Ohio State, 95, fellow, 

 95-96; A.M, Cornell, 99; Gottingen, 03-04; 

 Ph.D, Cornell, 05. Asst. physics, Ohio State, 



96-98, instr, 99-01, asst. prof, 01- M.A.A; 

 Physical Soc. Phosphorescence in sulphids; 

 Joule-Thomson effect in C0 2 . Joule-Thomson 

 effect in various gases. 



Keyes, Prof. Charles R(ollin), Socorro, N. Mex. 



* Geology. Des Moines, la, Dec. 24, 64. B.S, 

 Iowa, 87, A.M, 90; fellow, Hopkins, 90-92, Ph.D, 

 92. Asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 89-91; asst. state 

 geologist, la, 92-94; director, Bur. Geol. and 

 Mines, Mo, 94-97; pres, N. Mex. Sch. of Mines, 

 02- Consulting mining engineer, 88- Geol. 

 Soc ; Min. Eng. Genesis of ore deposits ; oro- 

 taxial method of geologic correlation. Metallic 

 content of rocks; physical methods of exact 

 geologic correlation. 



Keyser, Dr. C(assius) J(ackson), Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York, N. Y. *Mathematics. Raw- 

 son, O, May 15, 62. Ohio Nor. Univ, 79-83; 

 B.S, Missouri, 92; Michigan, summer, 94; A.M, 

 Columbia, 96, fellow, 96-97, Ph.D, 02. Supt. 

 pub. schools, 85-89; prof, math, State Nor. Sch, 

 New Paltz, N. Y, 92-94; instr, Smith Acad, 

 Washington (St. Louis), 94-95; instr, Barnard, 

 and tutor, Columbia, 97-00, instr, 00-02, adj. 

 prof, 02-04, Adrain prof, 04- Instr. math, 

 State Summer Sch, Kirksville, Mo, 92-93; ed. 

 pure math, ' Encyclop. Americana,' 04-; Am. 

 ed, 'Hibbert Jour.' F.A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Philos. Ass; Ass. Math. Teachers of Middle 

 States and Md; Mo. Valley Teachers' Ass. 

 (pres, 89-90). Positive definitions of finite 

 and infinite assemblage; the angles and the 

 angular determination of planes in 4-space; 

 plane geometry of the point in parabolic space 

 of four dimensions; definitive property of the 

 covariant; the axiom of infinity and mathemat- 

 ical induction; etc. Theory of assemblages; 

 line-plane theories of 4-space and allied doc- 

 trines. 



Keyser, Rev. Leander S(ylvester), 108 W. Third 

 St, Canal Dover, O. Ornithology. Tuscarawas 

 Co, O, March 13, 56. Ohio Nor. Univ; A.M, 

 Wittenberg, 99. Pastor, LaGrange, Ind, 78- 

 80; Elkhart, Ind, 82-88; Springfield, 88-94; 

 ed, ' Lutheran Evangelist,' 94-97 ; pastor, Col. 

 Church, Atchison, Kas, 97-03 ; Lutheran Church, 

 Canal Dover, O, 05- D.D, Wittenberg. Assoc. 

 Ornith. Union. Theology; ornithology. Obser- 

 vation of birds in their native haunts. 



Kilgore, Prof. B(enjamin) W(esley), Raleigh, N. 

 C. Chemistry. Lafayette Co, Miss, March 27, 

 67. B.S, Miss. Agr. Col, 88, M.S, 91 ; Hopkins, 

 96. Asst. chem, Miss. Agr. Col, 88-89; asst. 

 chemist, N. C. Exp. Sta, 89-97; prof, chem, 

 Miss. Agr. Col, 97-99; state chemist, N. C, 99-, 

 director, Exp. Sta, 01- Chem. Soc. (chairman, 

 N. C. Sect, 01) ; Ass. Off. Agr. Chemists (pres, 

 00). Methods of analysis and value of fer- 

 tilizers, soils and feeds. 



Kimball, Prof. Arthur L(alanne), Amherst, Mass. 



* Physics. Succasunna, N. J, Oct. 16, 56. A.B, 

 Princeton, 81; Ph.D, Hopkins, 84. Assoc, and 

 later assoc. prof, physics, Hopkins, 84-91 ; prof, 

 Amherst, 91- Mem. Board of Examiners, Phila. 



