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Que, April 24, 55. B.A.S, McGill, 85, M.E, 96. 

 Asst. and chief engineer, Colo, and Utah, 86-93 ; 

 prof, civil eng, Utah Agr. Col, 93-98; director, 

 Mont. Exp. Sta, 99-04. Consulting engineer, 

 93-05; res. hydrographer, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 95-02; agent and expert irrig. investigations, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 99-03, agent and expert in 

 charge, Pacific Div. Irrig. Investigations, 03- 

 05. Grooski medal, Can. Civil Eng, 96. Soc. 

 Irrig. Eng. (director, 92) ; Mont. Soc. Eng; 

 Can. Civil Eng. Seepage and return waters in 

 irrigation; carrying capacities of canals. 

 Evaporation from soils; relation between soil 

 moisture and crop yield; duty of water in 

 irrigation. 



Foster, Dr. William, Princeton, N. J. Chem- 

 istry. Hartford, Ky, May 15, 69. A.B, Hart- 

 ford, 92; A.M, Princeton, 96, Ph.D, 99. Prof, 

 science, Hartford, 93-95; asst. chem, Princeton, 

 96-98; prof, Central Univ. of Ky, 99-00; instr, 

 Princeton, 00-05, asst. prof, 05- Chem. Soc. 

 The conductivity of electrolytes; the specific 

 gravity of solutions; new compounds of arsenic. 



Foulk, Prof. C(harles) W(illiam), Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, O. Chemistry. Warren, O, 

 April 26, 69. A.B, Ohio State, 94 ; Leipzig, 00- 

 01. Asst. to chemist, Ohio Board of Agr, 94, 

 97; asst. chem, Ohio State, 98, asst. prof, 99-02, 

 assoc. prof, 02- M.A.A; Chem. Soc. An- 

 alytical chemistry; influence of excess of re- 

 agent in the precipitation of barium sulphate. 



Fowke, Gerard, St. Louis, Mo. Archeology, Geol- 

 ogy. Near Maysville, Ky, June 25, 55. Asst. 

 ethnologist, Bur. Am. Etlinol. (at intervals), 

 84-04; with Mo. Hist. Soc, 05- With Jesup 

 North Pacific Exped, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 98. Mound-builders remains; aboriginal work 

 in stone; preglacial geology of southwestern 

 Ohio. 



Fowle, Frederick Eugene, Jr, 1925 Fourth St, N. 

 W, Washington, D. C. Astrophysics. Arling- 

 ton, Mass, Nov. 20, 69. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 94. Asst, Harvard Col. Observatory, 87-94; 

 Astrophys. Observatory, Smithsonian Inst, 94~ 

 Lecturer, Columbian. Astron. and Astrophys. 

 Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. Bolometric research. 

 Atmospheric absorption. 



Fowler, Prof. James, 121 Union St, Kingston, Can. 

 Botany. Bartibog, N. B, July 16, 29. Hali- 

 fax, 50; A.M, New Brunswick, 72. Lecturer 

 nat. science, Queen's (Can.), 80-91, prof, 91-92, 

 bot. and geol, 92-94, lot, 9J t - LL.D, New 

 Brunswick, 00. Fel. Can. Royal Soc. Botany; 

 zoology; geology. 



Fox, Dr. L. Webster, 1304 Walnut St, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Ophthalmology . Hummelstown, 

 Pa, March 19, 53. Pa. State Nor. Sch, 

 72-75. Asst. ophthalmologist, Jefferson Med. 

 Col, Phila, 82-85; ophthal. surgeon, German- 

 town Hosp, 83-93 ; prof, ophthal, Medico-Chirurg. 

 Col, Phila, 93- Hon. A.M, Lafayette. Soc. 

 Nat; Am. Med. Ass; Phila. Co. Med. Soc. 

 Assymetry of the face in relation to its effect 

 upon anisometropia; diseases of the eye. 



Fox, Prof. William, 555 E. 86th St, New York, 

 N. Y. Mathematical physics. Horowitz, Bo- 

 hemia, Sept. 18, 64. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 

 84; M.E, Stevens, 86. Instr, Workingmen's 

 Sch, N. Y, 86-87; mech. drawing, Col. City of 

 N. Y, 87-92, applied math, 92-97, asst. prof, 

 physics, 97- Lecturer, N. Y. Optical Soc. 

 M.A.A; Physical Soc; Mech. Eng. Graphics as 

 applied to practical calculation. 



Fox, W(illia)m J(oseph), Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. Entomology. 

 Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 72. Pub. schools. Asst. 

 librarian, Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila, 88- 

 Entom. Soc; N. Y. Entom. Soc; Phila. Acad. 

 The fossorial Hymenoptera; bibliography of 

 natural history. 



Fracker, Prof. G(eorge) Cutler, Coe College, Cedar 

 Rapids, la. Psychology, Philosophy. Iowa 

 City, la, Sept. 27, 67. Ph.B, Iowa, 94, B.D, 

 95, A.M, 00. Principal, Jefferson Township 

 High Sch, 94-96; Grammar Sch, Iowa City, 

 96-00; prof, philos, Coe, 00- Asst. psycho!, 

 Columbia, 04-05. F.A.A; Psychol. Ass; West. 

 Philos. Ass; Iowa Soc. for Child Study (sec'y, 

 99-03). Effects of practise in reaction and dis- 

 crimination for sound upon the time of reaction 

 and discrimination for other forms of stimuli. 

 The perception of space; effects of practise. 



Francis, Prof. Cha(rle)s Kenworthy, Converse 

 College, Spartanburg, S. C. Chemistry. Ches- 

 ter, Pa. Ph.B, Brown, 99, A.M, 04. Chem- 

 ist to Dr. H. Froehling, Richmond, Va, 92-96; 

 instr. chem, Brown, 98-99; adj. prof, Ga. Sch. 

 Tech, 99-01, junior prof, 01-03; prof, Converse, 

 03- M.A.A; Chem. Soc; S. Educ. Ass. Dye 

 stuffs; sulphuric acid. Cement. 



Frankenfield, Prof. H(arry) C(rawford), U. S. 

 Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C. Meteor- 

 ology. Easton, Pa, Nov. 24, 62. A.B, Lafay- 

 ette, 81, A.M, 84; M.D, Howard, 86. Observer, 

 U. S. Weather Bur, 82-91, forecaster, 91-04, 

 prof, meteorol, 04- Nat. Geog. Soc. Storms 

 and storm types; floods in rivers. The syste- 

 matic forecasting of flood stages in the rivers 

 of the United States; improvements in weather 

 forecasting. 



Frankforter, Prof. George B(ell), University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. *Chemistry. 

 Potter, O, April 22, 60. A.B, Nebraska, 86, A.M, 

 88; Ph.D. Berlin, 93. Instr. chem, Nebraska, 

 85-87; High Sch, Lincoln, 87-88; prof, Ne- 

 braska, 93-94; dean and director, Sch. of Chem, 

 Minnesota, .94- U. S. Mint Commissioner, 01. 

 F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Electrochem. Soc; Soc. 

 Chem. Indust; Eng. Educ; Chem. Gesell; Elec- 

 trochem. Gesell. Alkaloids, narcotin, narcein, 

 veratrin, and isopyroin ; vegetable oils ; the ter- 

 pens, including camphor and crude pitch ; euge- 

 nol. Formaldehyde; veratrin; eugenol; the 

 pitch of the northern pine. 



Frankland, F(rederick) W(illiam), ' Okataina,' 

 Foxton, N. Z. Mathematics, Metaphysics, 

 Biblical criticism. Manchester, England, April 

 18, 54. London, 69-72. Govt, actuary, N. Z, 

 78-90; registrar, Friendly Societies, N. Z, 84- 



