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supt. construction, Kansas City, Mo, 89-90; 

 principal asst. engineer, Baltimore Sewerage 

 Commission, 95-99; consulting engineer, Balti- 

 more, 00-02; engineer and supt, Water Dept, 

 Atlantic City, N. J, 02- Mem. Atlantic City 

 Board of Trade. Civil Eng; New Eng. Water 

 Works Ass; Rensselaer Soc. Eng. 



Allen, W(illiam) F(rederick), 24 Park Place, New 

 York, N. Y. Metrology, Railway economics. 

 Bordentown, N. J, Oct. 9, 46. Episcopal Acad, 

 Phila. With engineer corps, Camden and Am- 

 boy R. R, 62-68; res. engineer, West Jersey R. 

 R, 68-72; asst. ed, 'Official Raihoay Guide,' 72, 

 ed. and manager, 73-; sec'y, Am. Ry. Ass, 75- 

 U. S. official delegate, Int. Meridian Conf, 84; 

 Int. Ry. Cong, Paris, 00; delegate of Am. Ry. 

 Ass, Int. Ry. Cong, London, 95; Paris, 00; 

 Washington, 05. Metrol. Soc; Econ. Ass; 

 Civil Eng; Acad. Polit. and Social Sci; Statist. 

 Ass; Nat. Geog. Soc; Am. Geog. Soc; N. J. 

 Hist. Soc; Am. Sect. Int. Ry. Cong; hon. mem. 

 Vienna K. K. Geog. Gesell. Unification in time 

 reckoning; uniform practise in rules of railway 

 operation and statistics. 



Allis, Dr. Edward Phelps, Jr, Milwaukee, Wis. or 

 Palais Carnoles, Menton, France. * Verte- 

 brate morphology. Milwaukee, Sept. 14, 51. 

 C.E, Antioch, 66, grad. student, 67-68; Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 68-69, 71. Mem. and officer of Edw. 

 P. Allis Co, Milwaukee, 71- Co-editor, * Jour, 

 of Morph.' Laureat, Paris Inst, 98; LL.D, 

 Wisconsin, 03. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; 

 Ass. Anat; fel. N. Y. Acad; Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist; London Linnean Soc. The anatomy and 

 development of the head of fishes. 



Almy, Prof. Frank F(ayette), 436 East St, Grin- 

 nell, la. Physics. Little Compton, R. I, Jan. 

 12, 66. B.S, Nebraska, 90; Hopkins, 90-93; 

 Chicago, 99, 01-02. Prof, physics, Iowa (Grin- 

 nell) , 93- Physical Soc. Some properties of 

 coherers. Pressure shift of lines in the spec- 

 trum of iron. 



Almy, Dr. John E(dwin), Station A, Lincoln, Nebr. 

 Physics. Centralia, Ills, Oct. 13, 75. B.S, 

 Nebraska, 96, A.M, 97 ; Ph.D, Berlin, 00. Instr. 

 physics, Nebraska, 00-02, adj. prof, 02-05, asst. 

 prof, 05- F.A.A; Physical Soc; Nebr. Acad. 

 Accidental double refraction; spark potentials 

 with liquid and solid dielectrics; discharge 

 through gases; dielectric strength of various 

 glasses and double refracting media; evidence 

 of cathode potential in spark discharge. Spark 

 potentials. 



Alpers, Dr. William C(harles), 66 W. 56th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Pharmaceutical chemistry. 

 Harburg, Germany, July 7, 51. Polytech, Han- 

 over, Germany, 69-72; Gottingen, 72; N. Y. Col. 

 Pharmacy, 78-79; Sc.D, N. Y. Univ, 99. Instr. 

 math, and nat. sciences, St. Matthews Acad, N. 

 Y, 73-79; practising chemist, 79-97; conductor, 

 Merck's Chem. and Bacter. Laboratories, 97-99; 

 pres, Alpers Chem. Co, 01- M.A.A; Chem. Soc; 

 Pharmaceut. Ass. (pres, Sci. Sect, 96) ; Torrey 

 Bot. Club; N. Y. Pharmaceut. Ass; N. J. Phar- 

 maceut. Ass. (pres, 99) ; Wissentsch. Verein. 



The oils and terpenes of Aralia nudicaulis; 

 alkaloids. A volatile alkaloid in Sambucus 

 Canadensis. 

 Alway, Prof. Frederick J(ames), University Place, 

 Nebr. Chemistry. Waterford, Ont, May 28, 74. 

 A.B, Toronto, 94; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 97. Prof, 

 chem, Nebr. Wesleyan, 98- Chem. Soc; Chem. 

 Gesell. Reduction of nitro-compounds ; prep- 

 aration of hydroxylamino- and nitroso-com- 

 pounds; nitroso-esters; electrolytic reduction 

 of nitro-compounds; aromatic nitroso-com- 

 pounds. Alkaline soils. 



Alwood, Prof. W(illia)m B(radford), Charlottes- 

 ville, Va. Mycology, Agriculture. Delta, O, 

 Aug. 11, 59. Ohio State, 82-84; Columbian, 

 87-88. Teacher, pub. schools, 79-81; supt, 

 Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta, 82-86; asst. entomolo- 

 gist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 86-88 ; v. director, ento- 

 mologist and botanist, Va. Agr. Exp. Sta, 88- 

 91, horticulturist, entomologist and mycologist, 

 92-04 ; prof, hort, entom. and mycol, Va. Poly- 

 tech, 91-04; special agent in charge investiga- 

 tions in cenol. tech, Bur. Chem, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 01f- Special agent to study cenology in 

 Europe, Div. Chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 00- 

 F.A.A; Wash. Biol. Soc; Wash. Entom. Soc; 

 fel. Royal Hort. Soc. Economic entomology 

 and horticulture; alcoholic ferments and mal- 

 fermentations. Biology of alcoholic ferments; 

 economic disposal of unmerchantable fruits. 



Amberg, Dr. Samuel, 1220 Linden Ave, Baltimore, 

 Md. Medicine. Cannstatt, Germany, Aug. 15, 

 74. Gymnasium, Cannstatt; Berlin, 95-96; 

 M.D, Heidelberg, 98. Asst. and instr. pediat, 

 Hopkins, 99-03, assoc, 03- Physiol. Soc; Am. 

 Acad. Med; Md. Med. and Chirurg. Faculty. 

 Pediatrics; pharmacology; physiological chem- 

 istry. Methods of determining quantitatively 

 hydrogen peroxid in milk. 



Ames, Prof. J(oseph) S(weetman), 225 Preston St, 

 W, Baltimore, Md. *Physics. Manchester, Vt, 

 July 3, 64. A.B, Hopkins, 86; Berlin, 86-87; 

 fellow, Hopkins, 87-88, Ph.D, 90. Asst. physics, 

 Hopkins, 88-91, assoc, 91-93, assoc. prof, 93-99, 

 prof, 99-, director, Physical Lab, 01- Asst. ed, 

 ' Astrophys. Jour ' ; assoc. ed, ' Am. Jour, of 

 Science.' Physical Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. 

 Soc; Philos. Soc; hon. mem. Royal Inst; Soc. 

 de Physique. Spectroscopy. Spectrum of hy- 

 drogen. 



Ames, Dr. L(ewis) D(arwin), 1501 Windsor St, 

 Columbia, Mo. Mathematics. Keeseville, N. Y, 

 July 11, 69. B.Litt, Missouri, 99; A.B, Har- 

 vard, 01, A.M, 02, Ph.D, 04. Instr. math, 

 Chillicothe Nor. Sch, Mo, 90-98, 99-00; Har- 

 vard, 01-02; Missouri, 02- Math. Soc. Slowly 

 convergent series; analysis situs. 



Ames, Oakes, North Easton, Mass. Botany. North 

 Easton, Sept. 26, 74. A.B, Harvard, 98, A.M, 

 99. Asst. bot, Harvard, 99-00, instr, 00-, asst. 

 director, Bot. Garden, 99- F.A.A; Soc. Nat; 

 Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol; Forestry Ass; 

 Breeders' Ass; New Eng. Bot. Club; Mass. Hort. 

 Soc. (past v. pres.); Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; 

 Wash. Biol. Soc. Hybridization in plants; 



