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Soe; Astron. Gesell. Observation of the 303 

 ' Zusatz Sterne' of the 'Berliner Jahrbuch'; 

 star list of the 'Berliner Jahrbuch'; observa- 

 tion of the satellites of Saturn, Mars and Nep- 

 tune. 



Brown, Prof. W(ilbur) V(incent), Greencastle, 

 Ind. Astronomy. Hope, N. J, March 27, 60. 

 B.S, Stevens, 80, Ph.D, 89. Asst. prof. math, 

 and astron, Be Pauw, 85-94, prof, astron, 94-96, 

 math, and astron. and director, Observatory, 96- 

 Determination of longitude, Greencastle to St. 

 Louis; effect on collimation of a tip in the object 

 glass; personal equation with single and double 

 line reticles; the oblique sections of the anchor 

 ring; use of a classified cabinet of weather maps 

 in improving weather forecasts. 



Brown, Dr. W(illiam) G(eorge), University of 

 Missouri, Columbia, Mo. ^Chemistry. New- 

 castle-on-Tyne, England, Nov. 5, 53. B.S, 

 Virginia, 77; Heidelberg, 80-81; Morgan fellow, 

 Harvard, 84. Prof, chem, Tennessee, 77-83; 

 instr, Virginia, 83-85; prof. ehem. and physics, 

 S. C. Mil. Acad, 85-86; chem, Washington and 

 Lee, 86-94; asst. chemist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 94-96; prof, chem, Missouri, 96- Assoc, ed, 

 Dept. Miner, and Petrog, ' Standard Diet.' 

 Hon. Ph.D, North Carolina, 89. Chem. Soc. 

 (v. pres, Wash. Sect.) ; fel. London Chem. Soc; 

 Chem. Gesell. Analyses of minerals, rocks, 

 etc; crystallography. Reactions between metals 

 and saline solutions. 



Browne, Dr. Arthur Wesley, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Chemistry. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 Nov. 24, 77. B.S, Wesleyan, 00, M.S, 01; 

 Ph.D, Cornell, 03. Instr. chem, Cornell, 03- 

 Chem. Soc. A thermostat sensitive to one thou- 

 sandth of a degree; synthetic analysis in ternary 

 systems; resistance of glass tubing to bursting 

 pressure. Hydronitrie acid and its derivatives; 

 complex oxids of chromium and other elements; 

 atomic weight of nitrogen. 



Browne, Dr. C(harles) A(lbert), Jr, Audubon 

 Park, New Orleans, La. Agricultural chemis- 

 try. North Adams, Mass, Aug. 12, 70. A.B, 

 Williams, 92, A.M, 96; Ph.D, Gottingen, 01. 

 Asst. chemist in commercial lab, N. Y. City, 

 92-94; instr. chem, Pa. State, 95-96; asst. 

 chemist, Pa. Exp. Sta, 96-02; chemist, La. 

 Sugar Exp. Sta, 02- Int. Cong. Applied Chem. 

 M.A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Ass. 

 Off. Agr. Chemists; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 

 Chemistry of butter-fat, apples, cider and vine- 

 gar, sugar-cane and sugar, rice, carbohydrates, 

 etc. Agriculture and technology of the sugar, 

 rice and other industries of Louisiana; sugar 

 analysis; nutrition investigations of rice. 



Browne, J(ohn) J(oseph), Golden, Colo. Mathe- 

 matics. Leitrim, Ireland, Dec. 16, 66. Univ. 

 Col, Dublin; A.B, Royal Univ, Dublin, 99. 

 Asst. prof, math, St. Patrick's Training Col, 

 Dublin, 91-00; instr, Colo. Sch. Mines, 03- 

 Tutor math, Univ. Col, Dublin; examiner to 

 Board of Intermediate Educ, Ireland; asst. 

 math, Colorado. Math. Soc. A particular 

 method in centroids. 



Browne, W(illia)m Hand, Jr, Care Electrical Re- 

 view, 13 Park Row, New York, N. Y. Electrical 

 engineering. Baltimore Co, Md, July 21, 68. 

 A.B, Hopkins, 90, certificate in elec. eng, 92. 

 Eng. work, 92-96; instr. elec. eng, Nebraska, 

 96-98; asst. prof, Illinois, 98-02; technical ed, 

 'Elec. Rev,' 02- Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ; 

 Electrochem. Soc. Power factor indicators; 

 mechanical computation of fall of potential. 



Browning, Prof. Philip E(mbury), Yale Univer- 

 sity, New Haven, Conn. *Chemistry. Rhine- 

 beck, N. Y, Sept. 9, 66. A.B, Yale, 89, Ph.D, 

 92; Munich, 93-94. Asst. chem, Yale, 89-93, 

 instr, 94-98, asst. prof, 98- F.A.A; Chem. Soc; 

 Chem. Gesell. Analytical chemistry of the 

 rarer elements. Separation of the cerium 

 earths. 



Browning, Dr. William, 54 Lefferts Place, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. Medicine, Neurology, Anatomy. 

 Norwich, Conn, July 7, 55. Ph.B, Yale, 76; 

 diploma in anat, Pennsylvania, 78 ; M.D, Leip- 

 zig, 81. Science instr, Media Acad, 76-77; 

 lecturer anat. and physiol. of nervous system, 

 Long Isl. Col. Med. Sch, 87-00, prof, neur, 01- 

 Interne, German Hosp, N. Y, 81-82 ; neurol- 

 ogist, Kings Co, Long Isl, Long Isl. State, 

 German, Norwegian, Christopher's, St. John's, 

 St. Catherine's, Brooklyn, Bushwick, and E. D. 

 Hospitals. Soc. Nat; Ass. Anat; Neur. Ass; 

 Ass. Med. Librarians; N. Y. State Med. Soc; 

 Kings Co. Med. Soc. (pres, 01) ; Ass. Physi- 

 cians of L. I. (pres, 98-99) ; Brooklyn Soc. 

 Neur. (pres, 00) ; Brooklyn Inst. Brain and 

 cord circulation; epilepsy; infectious peripheral 

 paralyses; medical history; libraries. 



Bruce, Dr. W(illiam) H(erschel), Denton, Tex. 

 Mathematics. Troup Co, Ga, April 8, 56. A.B, 

 Ala. Polytech, 83; Ph.D, Mercer. Principal, 

 High Sch, Blanco, Tex, 84-93 ; supt. schools, 

 Marble Falls, Tex, 93-96; Athens, Tex, 96-99; 

 pres, John Tarleton Col, Stephenville, Tex, 99- 

 00; prof, math, North Tex. State Nor. Col, 01- 

 Conductor and instr, teachers' summer nor. 

 schools, 92-01. Hon. A.M, Baylor. M.A.A; 

 fel. Tex. Acad. Mathematics. General geom- 

 etry. 



Bruere, Dr. A(ndrew) Arthman, 199 Park Ave, 

 Montreal, Can. Toxicology, Hygiene. Trini- 

 dad, W. I, Nov. 10, 64. M.D, Edinburgh, 90; 

 Paris. Lecturer med, McGill. Director, Clin. 

 Lab, Royal Victoria Hosp, Montreal. Ass. 

 Path, and Bact. Sapotoxins ; hydrogen selenid 

 and tellurid; carbon monoxid. Action of sapo- 

 toxins on the tissues. 



Brues, C(harles) T(homas), Milwaukee Public 

 Museum, Milwaukee, Wis. Zoology. Wheel- 

 ing, W. Va, June 20, 79. B.S, Texas, 01, fel- 

 low, 01-02, M.S, 02; fellow, Columbia, 02-03. 

 Special field agent, U. S. Dept. Agr, 04-05; 

 curator invert, zool, Milwaukee Pub. Mus, 05- 

 M.A.A; Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc; N. Y. Entom. 

 Soc; Wash. Entom. Soc. Embryology, ethol- 

 ogy and taxonomy of insects, especially of the 

 Hymenoptera and Diptera ; embryology of Sty- 

 lopidae. Taxonomy of Diptera and Hymenop- 

 tera. 



