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Soc; New Eng. Cotton Mfrs. Ass. (sec'y and 

 treas, 94) ; lion. mem. New Eng. Telephone Soc; 

 hon. mem. N. Y. Telephone Soc. Applications 

 of engineering to reduction of fire loss; modern 

 mill construction; measurements of friction of 

 lubrication; electric lighting and transmission 

 of power; development of automatic sprinklers; 

 fire protection of mills; electrical fire hazard; 

 telephone line engineering. 



Woodhull, Prof. John F(rancis), Teachers College, 

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

 ical science. Westport, N. Y, July 2, 57. A.B, 

 Yale, 80; Ph.D, Columbia, 99. Teacher, High 

 Sch, Bloomfield, N. J, 81-82; principal, Chico- 

 pee, Mass, 83-85; teacher science, State Nor. 

 Sch, New Paltz, N. Y, 86-87; prof, physical 

 science, Teachers Col, Columbia, SS- Lecturer, 

 Marthas Vineyard Summer Sch, Nat. Summer 

 Sch. and Chautauqua, 87-94. F.A.A; fel. N. Y. 

 Acad. 



Woodman, A(lpheus) G(rant), 35 Highland Ave, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Sanitary chemistry. King- 

 ston, Mass, Oct. 30, 73. B.S, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 97. Asst. chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 97-00, 

 instr, 00- Assoc, ed, ' Rev. Am. Chem. Re- 

 search,' 01-02. Chem. Soc; Ass. Off. Agr. 

 Chemists. Analytical chemistry of air, water 

 and food; the differentiation of organic matter 

 in water; the detection of added water in milk. 

 The detection and estimation of benzoic acid 

 in fruit products; the composition of malt 



vinegar. 



Woodman, Dr. Durand, 127 Pearl St, New York, 

 N. Y. Chemistry. New York, Sept. 16, 59. 

 B.S, Stevens, 80, Ph.D, 87; Berlin and Lab. of 

 Fresenius, Wiesbaden, 89-90. Asst. to Prof. 

 H. Wurtz, 81-82; Lab, U. S. Elec. Light Co, 

 83-87 ; consulting chemist and expert, 90- 

 F.A.A; Chem. Soc. (rec. sec'y, 89, sec'y and 

 treas, N. Y. Sect, 95-01) ; Soc. Chem. Indust; 

 Chem. Gesell; Chem. Verein. 



Woodman, Prof. J(oseph) Edmund, Dalhousie 

 University, Halifax, N. S, Can. Geology. New- 

 bury, Mass, July 3, 73. B.S, Harvard, 96, 

 A.M. 00, Sc.D, 02. Asst. geol, Harvard and 

 Radcliffe, 96-02; asst. prof. geol. and miner, 

 Dalhousie, 02- Instr, Summer Sch, Harvard, 

 97- Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist; N. S. Inst; N. S. Min. Soc. Physiog- 

 raphy of seacoasts ; geology of Nova Scotia gold- 

 bearing rocks. History of coal basins of Nova 

 Scotia; igneous and solfatoric phenomena of 

 gold-bearing rocks of Nova Scotia; glacial his- 

 tory of maritime provinces. 



Woodruff, E(lmer) G(rant), Norman, Okla. 

 Mineralogy, Geology. Bradford Co, Pa, 72. 

 B.S, Nebraska, 01, fellow, 03-04, A.M, 04. 

 Instr. miner, Oklahoma, OJf-, in charge, Dept. 

 Geol, 05- Asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 04, 05. 

 Nebr. Acad. Geology. Oils of Oklahoma; sud- 

 den rises of some western rivers. 



Woodruff, Dr. E(ugene) C(yrus), James Millikin 

 University, Decatur, Ills. Physics, Physical 

 chemistry. St. Clair, Mich, April 8, 71. B.S, 

 Michigan, 94, M.S, 96, Ph.D, 00. Teacher sci- 



ence, High Sch, Ludington, Mich, 94-95; Cold- 

 water, Mich, 96-97 ; Chicago, 97-98 ; chem, Mont. 

 State, 00-01; science, High Sch, La Grange, 

 Ills, 01-03; physics, Lakeview High Sch, Chi- 

 cago, 03-04 ; prof, physics and elcc. eng, James 

 Millikin, 0^- Central Ass. of Sci. and Math. 

 Teachers (treas, 02-04). Organic color reac- 

 tions with nitric acid; elasticity of steel and 

 temperature; tuning-forks. Dissociation in gas 

 batteries; effect of temperature on the loga- 

 rithmic decrement of a vibration. 



Woodruff, Dr. Lorande Loss, Williams College, 

 Williamstown, Mass. Zoology. New York, 

 N. Y, July 14, 79. Col. City of N. Y, 96-99; 

 A.B, Columbia, 01, A.M, 02, Ph.D, 05. Asst. 

 biol, Williams, 03-04, instr, OJf- Instr. zool, 

 Woods Hole, 05- M.A.A; Soc. Exp. Biol, and 

 Med. Life-history of Protozoa. Rhythms and 

 cycles in the life-history of Infusoria. 



Woods, Albert F(red), Piney Branch Road, 

 Takoma Park, D. C. *Plant physiology and 

 pathology. Belvidere, Ills, Dec. 25, 66. B.S, 

 Nebraska, 90, A.M, 92. Asst. bot, Nebraska, 

 90-93; asst. chief, Div. Veg. Physiol, and Path, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 94-00, chief, 01- Pathologist 

 and physiologist and asst. chief, Bur. Plant In- 

 dust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01. F.A.A; Bot. Soc; Soc. 

 Plant Morph. and Physiol ; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci ; 

 Wash. Acad; Wash. Bot. Soc. (pres.) ; Bot. 

 Gesell. Plant pathology; plant nutrition; en- 

 zymes, especially in relation to pathology. 

 Oxidation processes in plant cells; oxidizing 

 enzymes in plant and animal cells; causes of 

 increasing or decreasing resistance of plants 

 to certain diseases. 



Woods, Prof. Cha(rle)s D (ay ton), Orono, Me. 

 Chemistry. Brooks, Me, Sept. 11, 56. B.S, 

 Wesleyan, 80. Asst. chem, Wesleyan, 80-83; 

 instr. sciences, Wilbraham Acad, 83-88; chem- 

 ist and v. director, Storrs Agr. Exp. Sta, 88-96 ; 

 prof, agr, Maine, 96-03, director, Maine Agr. 

 . Exp. Sta, 96- Expert in food investigations, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 94- Hon. Sc.D, Maine, 05. F.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. Agricultural 

 and physiological chemistry. Food of man; nu- 

 trition of animals and plants. 



Woods, Dr. F(rederick) Adams, 1006 Beacon St, 

 Brookline, Mass. Embryology, Biology. Bos- 

 ton, Mass, Jan. 29, 73. Mass. Inst. Tech; 

 M.D, Harvard, 98. Asst. histol. and embryol, 

 Harvard, 98-01, instr, 01-02; lecturer, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, OS- Instr. comp. histol, Harvard 

 Vet. Sch, 99-01. F.A.A; Ass. Anat; Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. Origin of the germ cells; 

 physical heredity; mental and moral heredity 

 in royalty; heredity of coloration in animals. 

 Psychical problems in heredity and their rela- 

 tion to history. 



Woods, Prof. F(rederick) S(henstone), 123 Sum- 

 ner St, Newton Centre, Mass. *Mathematics. 

 Monson, Mass, March 8, 64. A.B, Wesleyan, 

 85, A.M, 89; Ph.D, Gottingen, 94. Asst. phys- 

 ics and astron, Wesleyan, 85-86; teacher math, 

 Genesee Sem, Lima, N. Y, 86-90; instr, Mass. 



