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heating and ventilation of buildings; science 

 and practise of mechanical engineering. 



Richards, Prof. C(harles) R(uss), 1803 A St, Lin- 

 coln. Nebr. Mechanical engineering. Clarks- 

 hill, Ind, March 23, 71. B.M.E, Purdue, 90, 

 M.E, 91; M.M.E, Cornell, 95. Instr. mech. eng, 

 Colo. Agr. Col, 91-92; adj. prof, manual train- 

 ing, Nebraska, 92-95, assoc. prof, practical 

 mech, 95-97, prof. mech. eng. and director, Sch. 

 Mech. Arts, 97- Special commissioner of ma- 

 chinery, Trans-Miss. Expos, 97; consulting en- 

 gineer* for Lincoln, Nebr, 04-05. Mech. Eng; 

 Eng. Educ; Nebr. Soc. Eng; Nebr. Acad. 

 Heating value of corn and of the Nebraska coal 

 supply; the efficiency of throttling compound 

 engines. 



Richards, E(dgar), 341 W. 88th St, New York, 

 N. Y. Chemistry. New York, Feb. 23, 58. 

 Sch. of Mines, Columbia, 76-81. Asst. chemist, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 82-87; chemist, Internal Rev- 

 enue Bur, U. S. Treas. Dept, 87-92. F.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Min. Eng; Soc. Chem. Indust; Pub. 

 Health Ass; Wash. Chem. Soc. (pres, 89); 

 British Soc. Pub. Analysts; London Chem. Soc; 

 Soc. chim. de Paris. Agricultural chemistry; 

 foods; fermentation; microscopy; mineralogy; 

 etc. 



Richards, Prof. Eugene L(amb), 315 York St, New 

 Haven, Conn. Mathematics. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 Dec. 27, 38. A.B, Yale, 60, A.M, 87. Tutor, 

 68-71; asst. prof, math, Tale, 71-91, prof, 91- 

 Director, Gymnasium, Yale, 92-00. Mathe- 

 matics. 



Richards, Dr. Herbert M(aule), Harvard Club, 

 New York, N. Y. * Botany. Philadelphia, Pa, 

 Oct. 6, 71. B.S, Harvard, 91, Sc.D, 95, Parker 

 fellow, 95-96. Asst. hot, Harvard, and instr. 

 Radcliffe, 91-95; tutor, Barnard, Columbia, 96- 

 98; instr, Harvard, 97-98; Barnard, Columbia, 

 98-03, adj. prof, 03- Assoc, ed, 'Am. Nat- 

 uralist'; 'Bot. Centralblatt ' ; 'Plant World.' 

 F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc; Soc. Plant Morph. 

 and Physiol; Torrey Bot. Club (assoc. ed, 

 'Bui.'); New Eng. Bot. Club. The structure 

 and development of Algae and fungi; reactions 

 of plants to the stimulus of wounding and to 

 chemical stimulus. Influence of carbon mon- 

 oxid upon plants. 



Richards, Prof. Horace C(lark), 4812 Fairmount 

 Ave, Philadelphia, Pa. Physics. Philadel- 

 phia, Jan. 4, 68. A.B, Pennsylvania, 88 ; 

 Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 91, Hopkins, 91-92. Instr. 

 physics, Bryn Mawr, 92-93 ; Pennsylvania, 93- 

 03, asst. prof, 03- Physical Soc. 



Richards, Prof. Jos(eph) W(illiam), Lehigh Uni- 

 versity, Bethlehem, Pa. * Metallurgy, Miner- 

 alogy, Electrochemistry. Oldbury, England, 

 July 28, 64. A.B, Central High Sch, Phila, 

 82, A.M. 87; A.C, Lehigh, 86, M.S, 91, Ph.D, 

 93 ; Heidelberg and Freiburg, 97-98. Asst. supt, 

 Del. Metal Refinery, Phila, 86-87 ; instr. metal, 

 and miner, Lehigh, 87-97, asst. prof, 97-02, 

 acting prof, 02-03, prof, 03- Mem. Assay Com- 

 mission to Test Coinage, 97; Jury of Awards, 



Phila. Export Expos, 00. Rep. of Franklin 

 Inst, to Int. Geol. Cong, St. Petersburg, 97. 

 Chem. Soc. (v. pres, 99) ; Electrochem. Soc. 

 (first pres, 02, 03) ; Min. Eng; Franklin Inst, 

 (pres, Chem. Sect, 97) ; Faraday Soc; Gt. 

 Britain Iron and Steel Inst; Bunsen Gesell. 

 Specific heats and latent heats of fusion of the 

 metals; investigations of physical and chemical 

 properties and isolation of aluminium and its 

 alloys; improved methods of quantitative blow- 

 pipe analysis; the assay of gold ores containing 

 tellurium ; thermal efficiency of electric fur- 

 naces ; electrolysis of water. Rationale of 

 blast-furnace operations. 



Richards, Prof. Robert H(allowell), 32 Eliot St, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. Mining engineering, 

 Metallurgy. Gardner, Me, Aug. .26, 44. B.S, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 68. Asst. chem, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 68-69, instr. assaying and qual. anal, 

 69-70, asst. prof. anal, chem, 70-71, prof, miner, 

 and assaying and in charge, Mining and Metal. 

 Laboratories, 71-72, prof, mining eng, 73-84, 

 head, Mining Dept, 73-, prof, mining eng. and 

 metal, 84- Sec'y of the Faculty, 78-83. 

 F.A.A; Min. Eng. (pres, 86) ; Am. Acad; Bos- 

 ton Soc. Civil Eng. Ore dressing. 



Richards, Mrs. Robert H. (Ellen Henrietta Swal- 

 low), 32 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain. Mass. 

 * Sanitary chemistry, Hygiene. Dunstable, Mass, 

 Dec. 3, 42. A.B, Vassar, 70, A.M, 73; B.S, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 73. Teacher, pub. sch, 67 ; 

 tutor, 68-75; teacher, Mass. Inst. Tech, 76-84, 

 instr. sanit. chem, 84- Chemist, Mass. State 

 Board of Health, 72-75, water analyst, 87-97; 

 chemist, Mfg. Mutual Fire Ins. Co, 84-94; mem. 

 Jury of Awards, Atlanta and Nashville Expo- 

 sitions. F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Min. Eng; Acad. 

 Polit. and Social Sci; Pub. Health Ass; Nat. 

 Geog. Soc; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Wash. Acad. 

 Water; sanitary problems; ventilation; food in 

 relation to health; students' dietaries. Blue- 

 green Algae in water; effect of moisture in air 

 upon human health and comfort; therapeutic 

 value of certain foods in diet of insane; food 

 in the general dietary; sociology. 



Richards, Prof. Theodore W(illiam), 15 Follen St, 

 Cambridge, Mass. *Chemistry. Germantown, 

 Pa, Jan. 31, 68. B.S, Haverford, 85; A.B, Har- 

 vard, 86, A.M, Ph.D, 88; Gottingen, 88-89; 

 Dresden, 89; Leipzig, 95; Gottingen, 95. Asst. 

 chem, Harvard, 89-91, instr, 91-94, asst. prof, 

 94-01, prof, 01-, chairman, Chem. Dept, OS- 

 Director, Summer Sch. of Chem, Harvard, 90; 

 advisor, Carnegie Inst, 02; acting director, 

 Harvard Chem. Lab, 05. Hon. Sc.D, Yale, 05. 

 Nat. Acad; F.A.A; Chem. Soc; fel. Am. Acad; 

 Philos. Soc; Wash. Acad; British Ass. Atomic 

 weights of oxygen, copper, barium, strontium, 

 zinc, magnesium, iron, nickel, cobalt, uranium, 

 caesium; cupramonium compounds; occlusion 

 and inclusion ; taste of acids ; spectra of gases ; 

 electrical resistance and thermal expansion of 

 gases; electrochemical equivalents and silver 

 voltameter; heat capacity; equilibrium of chro- 

 mium solutions; birth and growth of crystals 



