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High Sch, Louisville, Ky, 76-80; Ohio State, 

 81-87; Rose, 87-, pres, 95- F.A.A. (sec'y, A, 

 87, sec'y, Council, 88, gen. sec'y, 89, v. pres, 

 96); Physical Soc; Eng. Educ; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc; Ind. Acad. Micro-measurements; elastic 

 behavior of solids; velocity of air in tornadoes; 

 electrolysis. Electromotive force constant. 



Meigs, Dr. Arthur V(incent), 1322 Walnut St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Medicine. Philadelphia, 

 Nov. 1, 50. M.D, Pennsylvania, 71. Physician, 

 Pa. Hosp, 81- Am. Physicians; Philos. Soc; 

 fel. Phila. Col. Physicians (v. pres, 02, pres, 



04, 05 ) . Infant feeding, milk analysis and 

 allied subjects; diseases of the blood-vessels and 

 capillaries of the human heart. Human blood- 

 vessels. 



Meiklejohn, Prof. Alexander, Brown University, 

 Providence, R. I. Philosophy. Rochdale, Eng- 

 land, Feb. 3, 72. A.B, Brown, 93, AM, 95; 

 Ph.D, Cornell, 97. Instr. logic and metaphys- 

 ics, Brown, 97-99, asst. prof, 99-02, assoc. prof, 

 02- Philos. Ass; Psychol. Ass. Logic; scien- 

 tific method. Concept of substance. 



Melander, A(xel) L(eonard), Pullman, Wash. 

 Entomology. Chicago, Ills, June 3, 78. B.S, 

 Texas, 01, fellow, 01-02, M.S, 02; fellow, Chi- 

 cago, 02-04. Asst. zool, Texas, 00-01 ; asst. ento- 

 mologist, Wash. Agr. Exp. Sta, 0.)- Insects. 

 The dipterous family Empididae, especially 

 genus Rhamphomyia; economic entomology. 



Mell, Dr. P(atrick) H(ues), Clemson College, 



5. C. Geology, Botany. Penfield, Ga, May 24, 

 50. A.B, Georgia, 71, C.E, M.E, 72, Ph.D, 80. 

 State chemist, Ga, 74-77; prof. geol. and bot, 

 Ala. Polytech, 78-02; director, Ala. Weather 

 Service, 84-93; director, Ala. Exp. Sta, 98- 

 02; pres, Clemson, 02- Medal, Paris Ex- 

 pos, 00. F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Ass. Agr. Col. (v. 

 pres, 98) ; Nat. Geog. Soc; South. Hist. Ass; 

 Ala. Hist. Ass; S. C. Hist. Ass. Ore deposits 

 and mining in the south; auriferous state de- 

 posits in southern regions; southern soapstones 

 and free clays; the cotton plant; grasses and 

 forage plants; flora of Alabama; climatology of 

 Alabama; invented system of weather signals 

 now used by the U. S. Weather Bureau. 



Melius, Dr. E(dward) Lindon, 10 E. Chase St, 

 Baltimore, Md. * Anatomy, Physiology. Lubec, 

 Me, May 24, 48. M.D, Jefferson Med. Col, 78. 

 Ass. Anat; Physiol. Soc; Am. Med. Ass; Md. 

 Med. and Chirurg. Faculty. Central nervous 

 system. Medulla oblongata. 



Meltzer, Dr. S(amuel) J(ames), 107 W. 122nd St. 

 New York, N. Y. * Physiology, Pathology. Cur 

 land, Russia, March 22, 51. Konigsberg, 72-76 

 M.D, Berlin, 82. Assoc, Rockefeller Inst, for Med 

 Research. Int. Cong. Arts and Science, St. Loui3 

 04 (chairman, Sect. Physiol.). F.A.A; Soc. Nat 

 Physiol. Soc; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. Bact 

 Am. Physicians ; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med. ( pres. ) 

 Gastro-Enterol. Ass. (pres.) ; fel. N. Y. Acad 

 Physiology of deglutition; importance of vibra 

 tion to life ; inhibition ; nervous mechanisms of 

 respiration, heart-beat, etc; absorption, bac- 

 tericidal powers of blood and lymph. Absorp- 



tion in nephrectomized animals; effects of 

 suprarenals; importance of capsules to organs; 

 inhibition in unicellular organisms; importance 

 of superior cervical ganglion to pupillary dila- 

 tation and to inflammation; edema; absorption 

 from muscles; toxic elements of bile. 



Melville, Rear Admiral Geo(rge) W(allace), U. S. 

 N. (retired), 1720 H St, N. W, Washington, 

 D. C. *Mechanical engineering. New York, 

 N. Y, Jan. 10, 41. Brooklyn Polytech. Asst. 

 engineer, U. S. N, 61-87, engineer-in-chief, 87- 

 03, chief, Bur. Steam Eng, 89-03, rear admiral, 

 99-03. Gold medal by Act of Cong, for heroic 

 service in Arctic, 90; hon. E.D, Stevens, 96; 

 M.S, Columbia, 99; LL.D, Georgetown, 99; 

 Sc.D, Pennsylvania, 01 ; decorated by Czar of 

 Russia, Knight of St. Stanislaus of the First 

 Class. Nat. Acad; Mech. Eng. (past pres.); 

 hon. mem. Civil Eng; Naval Archit. and Marine 

 Eng. (v. pres.) ; Mil. Order Loyal Legion; Nat. 

 Geog. Soc; Philos. Soc; Wash. Acad; Phila. 

 Acad; hon. mem. Franklin Inst; hon. mem. 

 British Inst. Naval Archit; hon. mem. Swedish 

 Soc. Anthrop. and Geog. Marine engineering; 

 hull and engine vibration ; use of triple screws in 

 marine propulsion; arctic currents. Use of oil 

 fuel for marine purposes; drift cask experiment 

 to determine flow of disputed arctic currents. 



Mendel, Prof. Lafayette B(enedict), 18 Trumbull 

 St, New Haven, Conn. * Physiological chemis- 

 try. Delhi, N. Y, Feb. 5, 72. A.B, Yale, 91, 

 Ph.D, 93; Breslau, 95-96; Freiburg, 96. Asst. 

 physiol. chem, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 92-94, 

 instr, 94-97, asst. prof, 97-03, prof, and mem. 

 Governing Board, 03- Soc. Nat; Physiol. Soc; 

 Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; Conn. Acad. Chem- 

 istry of digestive processes; nuclein metabolism; 

 lymph formation; etc. Uric acid formation 

 and nuclein metabolism; physiological action of 

 nucleic acid and proteid. derivatives; functions 

 of the spleen; chemistry of growth; physiology 

 of excretion; etc. 



Mendenhall, Prof. C(harles) E(lwood), University 

 of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. * Experimental 

 physics. Columbus, O, Aug. 1, 72. B.S, Rose, 

 94; Ph.D, Hopkins, 98. Aid, U. S. Coast Surv, 

 93, 94; asst. physics, Pennsylvania, 94-95; 

 instr, Williams, 98-01; asst. prof, Wisconsin, 

 01-04, assoc. prof, 04-05, prof, 05- Asst, 

 Smithsonian Astrophys. Observatory, 98, 00, 01. 

 F.A.A; Physical Soc. Infra-red spectrum of 

 absolutely black body; sensitive galvanometers 

 for bolometric work; absolute value of gravity. 

 Absolutely black bolometer. 



Mendenhall, Dr. T(homas) C(orwin), Worcester, 

 Mass. *Physics. Hanoverton, O, Oct. 4, 41. 

 Pub. schools. Prof, physics, Ohio State, 73- 

 78; Imp. Univ. of Japan, 78-81; Ohio State, 

 81-84; elec, U. S. Signal Corps, 84-86; pres, 

 Rose, 86-89; supt, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 

 S9-94; pres, Worcester, 94-01. Supt. weights 

 and measures and mem, U. S. Lighthouse Board, 

 89-94; mem. Bering Sea Commission, 91-92; 

 Alaska Bound. Commission, 92-95; chairman, 

 Mass. Highway Commission, 96-01. Medal, 



