AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Wolff, Prof. John E(liot), University Museum, 

 Cambridge, Mass. * Mineralogy , Petrography. 

 Montreal, Can, Nov. 21, 57. A.B, Harvard, 79; 

 Heidelberg, 84-85; Ph.D, Harvard, 89. Asst. 

 geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 85-04; instr. 

 petrog, Harvard, 86-92, asst. prof, 92-95, prof, 

 petrog. and miner, and curator, Miner. Mus, 95- 

 F.A.A; Geol. Soc; fel. Am. Acad; Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. Petrography; mineralogy; geology. 

 Geology and petrography of Green Mountains, 

 Vt, and of New Jersey and Montana. 



Woll, Prof. F(ritz) W(ilhelm), 424 Charter St, 

 Madison, Wis. Agricultural chemistry. Ber- 

 gen, Norway, May 23, 65. B.S, Royal Fred- 

 eriks Univ, Christiania, 82, Ph.B, 83 ; M.S, Wis- 

 consin, 86, Ph.D, 04. Asst. chemist, Wis. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta, 87-93; asst. prof. agr. chem, Wiscon- 

 sin, 93-04, chemist to Exp. Sta, 93-, assoc. prof, 

 agr. chem, 0^- Reporter on analysis of cattle 

 foods, Ass. Off. Agr. Chemists, 93. F.A.A; 

 Wis. Acad. Agricultural and dairy chemistry. 



Wood, Prof. Arthur J(ulius), State College, Pa. 

 Mechanical and electrical engineering. Rose- 

 ville, N. J, Sept. 3, 74. M.E, Stevens, 96. 

 Assoc, ed, 'Railroad Gazette', N. Y. City, 96- 

 00; instr. mech. eng, Worcester, 00-02; prof, 

 mech. and elec. eng, Delaware, 02-04; asst. 

 prof. exp. eng, Pa. State, 0J t - F.A.A; Mech. 

 Eng; Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ. (mem. Council, 

 99-02 ) . Hydraulic rams ; properties of cold- 

 drawn steel; acceleration of trains; magnetic 

 properties of wrought iron; lubrication. Phys- 

 ical properties of special steels, principally cold- 

 drawn; acceleration of steam and electric cars; 

 value of ' n ' and method of obtaining the same 

 for adiabatic expansion in gas engines, in equa- 

 tion pu n =c; the inertia governor. 



Wood, Dr. F(rancis) C(arter), 437 W. 59th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Pathology. Columbus, O, 

 Dec. 30, 69. B.S, Ohio State, 91; M.D, Co- 

 lumbia, 94; Berlin and Vienna, 96. Interne, 

 St. Luke's Hosp, 94-96, pathologist, 96-; asst. 

 clin. path, Columbia, 96-98, instr, 98-04, adj. 

 prof, 0^- Registrar, St. Luke's Hosp, 98-02. 

 Ass. Path, and Bact; N. Y. Path. Soc. (sec'y, 

 01, ed, 'Proc,' 02-). Pathology; endothelial 

 tumors; blood regeneration after poisoning; pre- 

 cipitines produced by immunizing animals. 



Wood, Dr. H(oratio) C, 1925 Chestnut St, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. *Medicine, Physiology, Botany. 

 Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 41. M.D, Pennsylvania, 

 62. Prof, bot, Pennsylvania, 66-76, clin. prof, 

 diseases of the nervous system, 75-02, prof, 

 therapeut, 76- Visiting physician, St. Agnes, 

 Episcopal, Phila. and Univ. Hospitals, Phila, 

 70-90; ed, 'New Remedies,' 70-73; 'Phila. 

 Med. Times,' 73-80 ; ' Therapeut. Gazette,' 84- 

 90; pres, U. S. Pharmacopceial Convention, 

 90-; chief ed, ' U. S. Dispensatory.' LL'.D, 

 Lafayette; Yale; Pennsylvania. Nat. Acad; 

 Am. Physicians ; Physiol. Soc; Am. Acad; Phila. 

 Col. Physicians (pres, 02-03). Therapeutics; 

 thermic fever or sunstroke; brain work and 

 overwork; nervous diseases; medical botany; 



entomology; experimental pharmacology; phys- 

 iology; pathology. 



Wood, Prof. R(obert) W(illiams), 815 St. Paul St, 

 Baltimore, Md. *Experimental physics. Con- 

 cord, Mass, May 2, 68. A.B, Harvard, 91; 

 Hopkins, 91-92; Chicago; Berlin, 92-94. Instr. 

 physics, Wisconsin, 97-98, asst. prof, 98-00; 

 prof. exp. physics, Hopkins, 01- Silver medal 

 (diffraction process of color photography), 

 London Soc. of Arts, 00. F.A.A; Physical Soc; 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; fel. London Phys- 

 ical Soc; lion. fel. Royal Micros. Soc. Various 

 problems in light. Anomalous dispersion of 

 metallic vapors; electrical resonance of metal 

 particles for light waves; fluorescence and mag- 

 netic rotation of vapors; etc. 



Wood, Dr. Ruth G(oulding), 101 Maynard St, Paw- 

 tucket, R. I. Mathematics. Pawtucket, Jan. 

 29, 75. B.L, Smith, 98; fellow, Yale, 00-01, 

 Ph.D, 01. Instr. math, Mt. Holyoke, 01-02; 

 Smith, 02- Math. Soc. Non-Euclidean geom- 

 etry. 



Wood, Dr. Thomas D(enison), 417 W. 118th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Physical education, School 

 hygiene. Sycamore, Ills, Aug. 2, 65. A.B, 

 Oberlin, 88, A.M, 91; M.D, Columbia, 91. Prof. 

 hygiene and org. training, Stanford, 91-01; 

 physical educ, Teachers Col, Columbia, 01- 

 Mem. Int. Commission Physical Educ, 00. 

 F.A.A; Ass. Adv. Physical Educ; Am. Med. 

 Ass. School hygiene. 



Woodbridge, Prof. Frederick J(ames) E(ugene), 

 Columbia University, New York, N. Y. Phi- 

 losophy. Windsor, Ont, March 26, 67. A.B, 

 Amherst, 89, A.M, 96. Instr. philos, Minne- 

 sota, 94-95, prof, and head, Dept. Philos. and 

 Psychol, 95-02; prof, philos, Columbia, 02- 

 Ed, ' Jour. Philos, Psychol, and Scientific 

 Methods,' 04- LL.D, Amherst, 03. F.A.A; 

 Philos. Ass; Psychol. Ass; West. Philos. Ass. 

 (pres, 92) ; fel. N. Y. Acad. Greek philosophy. 

 The metaphysics of Aristotle; logic and meta- 

 physics. 



Woodbridge, Prof. S(amuel) Homer, Massachu- 

 setts institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. 

 Sanitary engineering. Perth Amboy, N. J, 

 Dec. 26, 48. A.M, Williams, 73; Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 77. Asst. physics, Mass. Inst. Tech, 83- 

 84, instr, 84-95, lecturer heating and ventila- 

 tion, 84-90, asst. prof, 95-00, assoc. prof, 00- 

 Ventilation. 



Woodbury, C(harles) J(eptha) H(ill), 51 Balti- 

 more St, Lynn, Mass. Civil engineering. 

 Lynn, May 4, 51. Mass. Inst. Tech, 69-73. 

 Engineer, Assoc. Factory Mutual Ins. Com- 

 panies, 78-87; v. pres, Boston Mfrs. Mutual 

 Fire Ins. Co, 87-94; asst. engineer, Am. Bell 

 Telephone Co, 94- Non-res. lecturer, Cornell, 

 Harvard, Columbia and Mass. Inst. Tech; sec'y, 

 Nat. Conference on Standard Elec. Rules. John 

 Scott medal, 84; medal, Soc. Indust. de Mul- 

 house, 83; hon. A.M, Tufts, 93. F.A.A. (sec'y, 

 D, 85); Civil Eng; Elec. Eng; Mech. Eng. (v. 

 pres, 87-89) ; cor. mem. Numis. and Archeol. 



