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petrography. Geology of the High wood, Castle, 

 Little Belt, Judith, Bearpaw and other moun- 

 tain groups of central Montana. 



Pitman, Benn, 1852 Columbia Ave, Cincinnati, O. 

 Phonetics, Phonography. Trowbridge, Wilts, 

 England, July 24, 22. Isaac Pitman Acad. 

 Founder and pres, Phonographic Inst. Co, Cin- 

 cinnati, 53- Teacher practical art, lecturer 

 decorative art, Cincinnati Art. Acad, 73-92. 

 Phonography; history of shorthand; invented 

 electro-process of relief engraving. Action of 

 the organs of speech in the production of vocal 

 and articulate sounds; phases of intellectual 

 development as indicated by decorative forms. 



Plumb, Prof. C(harles) S(umner), Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, O. Animal husbandry. 

 Westfield, Mass, April 21, 60. B.S, Mass. Agr. 

 ' Col, 82. Asst. ed, ' Rural New Yorker,' 83-84 ; 

 first asst, N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta, Geneva, 83-87; 

 prof, agr, Tennessee, and asst. director, Tenn. 

 Agr. Exp. Sta, 87-90; prof, animal husbandry 

 and dairying, Purdue, and director, Ind. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta, 91-02; prof, animal husbandry, Ohio 

 State, 02- Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Am. Cheviot 

 Sheep Soc. (pres.). The conformation of ani- 

 mals and relationship to production. The udder 

 and relationship of form to production. 



Plumley, Gardner L(add), New Haven, Conn. 

 Science of life insurance. New Jersey, Feb. 14, 

 62. Cooper Union; Stevens. Prof, science and 

 manual training, Leland, 87; teacher math, and 

 science, Irving Inst, 88-89; in charge mortuary 

 statistics, Mutual Life Ins. Co, New York, 89- 

 93; asst. actuary, Home Life Ins. Co, 93-03; 

 public accountant, New Haven, Conn, 0^- Math. 

 Soc; Actuarial Soc. Mathematics of life insur- 

 ance. 



Plympton, Prof. Geo(rge) W(ashington), 127 

 Herkimer St, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mechanics, Civil 

 engineering. Waltham, Mass, Nov. 18, 27. C.E, 

 Rensselaer, 47. Prof. eng. and archit, Cleve- 

 land, 52; math, N. Y. State Nor. Sch, 53-55; 

 math, and physics, N. J. State Nor. Sch, 56- 

 58; math, N. Y. State Nor. Sch, 58-60; math, 

 and physics, N. J. State Nor. Sch, 61-63; 

 physics and eng, Brooklyn Polytech, 63- Prof, 

 chem. and toxicol, Long Isl. Col. Hosp, 65-86; 

 physics and eng, Night Sch, Cooper Union, 69-, 

 director, 79-; ed, 'Van Nostrand's Magazine,' 

 70-86; pres, Commission Elec. Subways, 85- 

 89, 92-96. Hon. A.M, Hamilton, 54; M.D. Long 

 Isl. Col. Hosp, 86. Civil Eng. Strength and 

 elasticity of glass and of iron bars. 



Pohlman, Dr. Julius, 404 Franklin St, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. Geology, Physiology, Physiological op- 

 tics. Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 26, 48. Col. of 

 Navigation, Hamburg, 68; M.D, Buffalo, 

 83. Director, Mus, Soc. Nat. Sciences, Buffalo, 

 80-90; prof, physiol, Buffalo, 85-00. F.A.A. 

 (gen. sec'y, 88); Geol. Soc; Nat. Geog. Soc; 

 Statist. Ass; Forestry Ass; Acad. Polit. and 

 Social Sci; cor. mem. Rochester Acad. Fauna 

 and flora of waterlime group at Buffalo; geol- 

 ogy of Niagara Falls and Erie County, N. Y; 

 physiology. 



Polk, Dr. W(illia)m M(ecklenberg), 7 E. 36th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Gynecology. Ashwood, Tenn, 

 Aug. 15, 44. Grad, Va. Mil. Inst, 63; Louis- 

 iana, 66-67; M.D, Columbia, 69. Prof, thera- 

 peut. and clin. med, Bellevue Med. Col, 75-79; 

 obstet. and gynec, Med. Dept, N. Y. Univ, 80-98; 

 gyncc, dean and director, Med. Dept, Cor- 

 nell, 98- On visiting staff, Bellevue Hosp, 

 74- curator, Path. Dept, and asst. demonstra- 

 tor anat. LL.D, Univ. of the South, 91; 

 Columbia, 04. Am. Physicians; Gynec. Soc; 

 Physicians Mut. Aid Ass; N. Y. Co. Med. Soc; 

 N. Y. Acad. Med; N. Y. Path, Obstet, Med, 

 Surg, and Practitioners Societies; Int. Soc. 

 Gynec; British Gynec. Soc; Soc. d'Obstet, de 

 Gynec. et de Pediat. de Paris. Medicine; Bur- 

 gical disorders of the female genito-urinary 

 system. 



Pollard, Charles Louis, 1S54 Fifth St, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Botany. New York, N. Y, March 

 29, 72. A.B, Columbia, 93, A.M, 94. Asst. 

 curator. U. S. Dept. Agr, 94-95 ; Div. of Plants, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus, 95-03 ; consulting botanist, G. 

 and C. Merriam Co, Springfield, Mass, 03- 

 Ed, ' Plant World,' 99-; contributor bot. terms, 

 ' Suppl. Webster's Int. Diet,' 00 ; ' Century Diet,' 

 03. F.A.A; Wild Flower Preservation Soc. 

 (sec'y, 02-03); Torrey Bot. Club; Wash. Bot. 

 Soc. (sec'y, 01-03) ; Wash. Biol. Soc. (coun- 

 cilor, 96, chairman, Pub. Committee, 01) ; Wash. 

 Biol. Field Club (pres, 00) ; hon. mem. Phila. 

 Bot. Club. Systematic botany of North Amer- 

 ica; the Caesalpiniaceae and Violaceae. North 

 American Violaceae; dictionary of botany. 



Pollitzer, Dr. S(igmund), 64 E. 58th St, New York, 

 N. Y. Medicine. Richmond Co, N. Y, June 12, 

 59. A.B, Col. City of N. Y, 79, A.M, 82 ; M.D, 

 Columbia, 84; Heidelberg, Berlin and Vienna, 

 84-86; Hamburg, 89-90. Ass. Path, and Bact; 

 Dermat. Ass; Am. Med. Ass; N. Y. State Med. 

 Ass; N. Y. Acad. Med. Physiology; derma- 

 tology. 



Pollock, Dr. H(oratio) M, 3 Sprague Place, Albany 

 N. Y. Biology. Patria, N. Y, Sept. 2, 68 

 B.S, Union, 95, M.S, 97; Ph.D, Leipzig, 97 

 Teacher science and German, High Sch, Albany 

 97-00; senior examiner, N. T. State Civil Ser- 

 vice Commission, 00-; assoc. ed, ' Am. Educ, 

 05- M.A.A; Albany Entom. Soc. (treas, 99-) 

 Anatomy of water mites. Civil service prob 

 lems; moral education. 



Pollock, Dr. Ja(me)s B(arkley), 922 Church St, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Botany, Plant pathology. 

 Orangeville, Ills, Nov. 10, 63. B.S, Wisconsin, 

 93, M.S, 96; Sc.D, Michigan, 97; Leipzig, 97- 

 98. Teacher biol, High Sch, Austin, Ills, 94- 

 95; asst. bot, Michigan, 95-97, instr, 98- Soc. 

 Nat; Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol; Bot. Cent. 

 States; Mich. Acad, (sec'y and ed, 01-03). 

 Mechanism of traumatropic curvature of roots; 

 transition from stem to root in Echinocystis 

 lobata; variation of the prothallium in pollen 

 grains of Picea excelsa Link; plant pathology; 

 mycology. 



