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nois, and director, State Water Surv, 05- Act- 

 ing assoc. prof, chem, Kansas, 97. M.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Kas. Acad. (v. pres, 02, pres, 04) ; 

 Chem. Gesell. Crystals of white arsenic; for- 

 mation of amids in anhydrous ammonia; de- 

 rivatives of m-isocymene; synthetical prep- 

 aration of quinolin derivatives; water; de- 

 rivatives of m-ethyltoluene. Anhydrids of the 

 chloracetic acids; water. 



Bartsch, Prof. Paul, Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C. Conchology, Biology. 

 Tuntschendorf, Germany, Aug. 14, 71. B.S, 

 Iowa, 96, M.S, 99, Ph.D, 05. Aid, Div. Mol- 

 lusks, U. S. Nat. Mus, 96-05, asst. curator, 

 05-; prof, zool, George Washington, 99-; 

 histol, Med. Dept, Howard, 01- Assoc, ed, 

 ' The Osprey,' 00- M.A.A; mem. Ornith. Union; 

 Wash. Biol. Soc; Wash. Micros. Soc. (pres, 

 00-02). Mollusks; birds. The west Ameri- 

 can Pyramidellidae. 



Barus, Prof. Carl, 30 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, 

 R. I. *Physics. Cincinnati, O, Feb. 19, 56. 

 Sch. of Mines, Columbia, 74-76; Wiirzburg, 

 76-80, Ph.D, 79. Physicist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 80-92; prof, U. S. Weather Bur, 92-93; 

 physicist, Smithsonian Inst, 93-95; Hazard 

 prof, physics, Brown, 95-, dean, Grad. Dept, 

 03- Asst. to Prof. Kohlrausch, Wiirzburg, 79- 

 80; mem. Council, Carnegie Inst, 02. Rumford 

 medal, 00. Nat. Acad; F.A.A. (v. pres, 97); 

 Physical Soc. (pres, 04) ; Philos. Soc; Am. 

 Acad; Wash. Acad; cor. mem. British Ass; 

 hon. mem. Royal Inst. Magnetism; iron car- 

 burets; high temperatures; high pressures; 

 thermodynamics; physical geology; atmospheric 

 condensation; ionization. Ionization and nu- 

 cleation of gases and the atmosphere. 



Bascom, Dr. F(lorence), Bryn Mawr, Pa. *Geol- 

 ogy. Williamstown, Mass. A.B, B.L, Wiscon- 

 sin, 82, B.S, 84, A.M, 87; Ph.D, Hopkins, 93. 

 Instr. geol. and petrog, Ohio State, 93-95; 

 lecturer and assoc. prof, geol, Bryn Mawr, 95- 

 Assoc. ed, 'Am. Geologist,' 96-; geol. asst, U. 

 S. Geol. Surv, 96-01, asst. geologist, 01- Int. 

 Geol. Cong, 97. F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Phila. 

 Acad. Ancient lavas and the crystalline 

 schists; geology of eastern Pennsylvania. 

 Geology of the Piedmont plateau of eastern 

 Pennsylvania; petrography of the Neponset 

 area, Boston basin. 



Baskerville, Prof. Charles, College of the City of 

 New York, New York, N. Y. * Chemistry. 

 Deer Brook, Miss, June 18, 70. Mississippi, 

 86-87; Virginia, 88-90; Vanderbilt, 91; B.S, 

 North Carolina, 92; Berlin, 93; Ph.D, North 

 Carolina, 94. Asst. chem, North Carolina, 92, 

 instr, 94, asst. prof, 95-98, assoc. prof, 98-00, 

 prof, and director, Chem. Lab, 00-04; Col. City 

 of N. Y, 0^- Asst. to state geologist, N. C, 

 92-94; asst. chemist, N. C. Geol. Surv, 94-00, 

 chemist, 00-04. F.A.A. ( sec'y, C, 98, mem. Coun- 

 cil, 99, gen. sec'y, 00, v. pres, 03) ; Chem. Soc. 

 (chairman, N. C. Sect, and mem. Council) ; Soc. 

 Chem. Indust; Wash. Acad; N. C. Acad, 

 (pres.) ; N. Y. Chemists Club (sec'y) ; fel. 



London Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Rare earths, 

 especially zirconium, thorium and praeseody- 

 mium ; reaction of metal with concentrated sul- 

 phuric acid; universal distribution of certain 

 elements, as titanium; analysis of titaniferous 

 iron ores, etc. Existence of carolinium; new 

 salts of rare earth; atomic weight of thorium 

 and praeseodymium ; lanthanates, neodymates, 

 praeseodymates and lanthanalums; thorates; 

 variability of preparations. 



Baskett, James Newton, Mexico, Mo. Zoology, 

 Ornithology. Nicholas Co, Ky, Nov. 1, 49. 

 Ph.B, Missouri, 72, A.M, 93. M.A.A; assoc. 

 Ornith. Union; Wash. Biol. Soc. Habits of 

 birds; the bearing of oology on the kinship of 

 birds; ethnology bearing on the rovite of Coro- 

 nado's expedition. 



Basquin, Dr. Olin H(anson), Evanston, Ills. 

 Physics, Applied mechanics. Dows, la, Jan. 

 30, 69. A.B, Ohio Wesleyan, 92, and Harvard, 

 94; A.M, Northwestern, 95, Ph.D, 01. Chief 

 engineer, Luxfer Prism Companies, 97-00; 

 assoc. prof, physics, Northioestern, 01- M.A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Soc. Testing Materials. Distri- 

 bution of daylight; arc spectrum of hydrogen. 

 Steam meter, rotating commutator; direction 

 of stress in beams. 



Bass, Col. Edgar W(ales), U. S. A. (retired), Bar 

 Harbor, Me. Military science, Mathematics, 

 Astronomy. Prairie du Chien, Wis, Oct. 30, 

 43. Grad, U. S. Mil. Acad, 68. Officer, 

 Corps of Engineers, U. S. A, 68-78; prof, 

 math, U. S. Mil. Acad, 78-98; col, U. S. A, 

 retired, 98. U. S. Vol. Army, 62-64; instr. 

 philos, U. S. Mil. Acad, 69-74, 76-78; asst. 

 astronomer, U. S. Transit Venus Exped, New 

 Zealand, 74-75; Solar Eclipse Exped, Colo, 78. 

 Math. Soc; Archeol. Inst; Mil. Order Loyal 

 Legion. Mathematics. 



Bates, F(rederick) J(ohn), Bureau of Standards, 

 Washington, D. C. Physics. Marysville, Kas, 

 Jan. 2, 77. B.S, Kansas, 00; A.M, Nebraska, 



02. Lab. asst, Bur. Standards, 03- Supervisor, 

 Government Sugar Laboratories, Customs Serv, 

 Treas. Dept; mem. Int. Sugar Commission. 

 Physical Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. Natural and 

 magnetic rotary polarization, especially anom- 

 alous rotary dispersion. Anomalous rotary 

 dispersion ; effect of clarifying reagents on rotary 

 dispersion curves of sugar solutions; sensibility 

 of sensitive strip spectral polarizing system. 



Bates, Rev. J(ohn) M(allery), Red Cloud, Nebr. 

 Botany, Ornithology. Wallingford, Conn, Jan. 



3, 46. A.B, Trinity, 72, A.M, 75; grad, Berke- 

 ley Divinity Sch, Middletown, Conn, 75. V. 

 principal, High Sch, Middletown, 73-74; clergy- 

 man, 76- Chaplain and head master, Bethany 

 Col, Topeka, Kas, 83-86. F.A.A; assoc. Ornith. 

 Union; Nebr. Ornith. Union (pres, 02). Plant 

 rusts, their life history; the economic value of 

 the fodder plants of Nebraska. Id; the ranges 

 of known rusts. 



Bauer, Prof. Geo(rge) N(eander), University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Mathematics. 

 Jordan, Minn, Jan. S, 72. B.S, Minnesota, 



