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Soc. Med. Sci; Boston Soc. Med. Irnprov. Der- 

 matology. 



Bowers, Miss Mary A (lice), Wellesley College, 

 Wellesley, Mass. Zoology. Saco, Me, Oct. 2, 

 71. B.L, Smith, 95 ; A.M, Radcliffe, 98. Demon- 

 strator zool. and bot, Smith, 98-99; instr. zool, 

 Wellesley, 99- Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Mass. 

 Audubon Soc. Peripheral distribution of the 

 cranial nerves of Spelerpes bilineatus. 



Bowles, F(rancis) T (iff any), 148 Marlborough St, 

 Boston, Mass. Naval architecture. Spring- 

 field, Mass, Oct. 7, 58. Grad, U. S. Naval Acad, 

 79; Royal Naval Col, England, 79-82. Asst. 

 naval constructor, U. S. N, 81-88, naval con- 

 structor, 88-01, chief constructor, 01-03; pres, 

 Fore River Ship Building Co, Quincy, Mass, OS- 

 Naval Archit. and Marine Eng. (pres.) ; Lon- 

 don Inst. Naval Archit. 



Bowne, Prof. Borden P(arker), 3S0 Longwood Ave, 

 Boston, Mass. Philosophy. Leonardville, 

 N. J, Jan. 14, 47. A.B, N. Y. Univ, 71; Paris, 

 72-75; A.M, N. Y. Univ, 76; Halle and Gottin- 

 gen. Instr. modern languages, N. Y. Univ, 75- 

 76; prof, philos, Boston, 76-, dean, Grad. Dept. 

 Assoc, ed, 'N. Y. Independent,' 75-76. LL.D, 

 N. Y. Univ, 81. Metaphysics; ethics; theism. 



Bownocker, Prof. J(ohn) A(dams), Columbus, O. 

 Geology. St. Paul, 0, March 11, 65. B.S, Ohio 

 State, 89; fellow, Chicago, 92-94; Yale, 94-95; 

 Sc.D, Ohio State, 97. Principal, High Sch, 

 Martins Ferry, 0, 89-92; asst. geol, Ohio State, 

 95-98, asst. prof, 98-99, assoc. prof, inorg. geol, 

 99-01, prof, 01-, curator, Mus, 00- Asst. geol- 

 ogist, Ohio Geol. Surv, 92; N. J. Geol. Surv, 

 93; asst. state geologist, Ohio, 00- F.A.A; 

 Geol. Soc; Ohio Acad. Drainage modifications 

 in Ohio; the oil and gas of Ohio. Salt and 

 coal of Ohio. 



Boyd, James E(llsworth), 60 W. Maynard Ave, 

 Columbus, O. Mechanics, Physics. Near Stover- 

 town, O, Nov. 6, 63. B.S, Ohio State, 91 ; M.S, 

 Cornell, 96. Asst. physics, Ohio State, 91-95, 

 asst. prof, 96-01, assoc. prof, math, 01- Asst. 

 to judges in elec, Columbian Expos, 93. F.A.A. 

 Alternating currents; resistance of the human 

 body; timing shutters; water jets. Flow in 

 pipes; reenforced concrete. 



Boyd, Dr. James Harrington, 218 Gardner Build- 

 ing, Toledo, 0. Mathematics. Coshocton, O, 

 Dec. 7, 62. A.B, Princeton, 86, fellow, 87, 

 A.M, 88, Sc.D, 92; Gottingen, 90-91, 92-93; 

 Law Sch, Harvard, 02-03. Prof, math, Macal- 

 ister, 88-90, 91-92; tutor, Chicago, 93-95, 

 instr, 95-02; practising attorney, 0k~ Elliptic 

 function; hypergeometric functions; geometry; 

 analytical mechanics; differential equations; 

 analytical geometry. 



Boye, Dr. M(artin) H(ans), Coopersburg, Pa. 

 Chemistry, Physics, Medicine. Copenhagen, 

 Denmark, Dec. 6, 12. Grad, Copenhagen, 32; 

 Polytech, Copenhagen, 35; M.D, Pennsylvania, 

 44. Asst. geologist and chemist, First Pa. 

 Geol. Surv, 38-43; prof. chem. and nat. philos, 

 Central High Sch, Phila, 45-59. Hon. A.M, 

 Pennsylvania, 44. F.A.A; Philos. Soc; Franklin 



Inst. Discovered percloric ether and chlorid 

 of platinum with nitric oxid; analysis of 

 waters, minerals, limestones, etc. 



Boynton, Dr. H(enry) C(ook), 23 Ellsworth Ave, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Metallurgy. Willsborough, 

 N. Y, April 16, 74. A.B, Harvard, 00, Austin 

 fellow, 00-03, M.S, 01, Sc.D, 04; Carnegie re- 

 search scholar, Gt. Britain Iron and Steel Inst, 

 05-06. Asst. to dean of Grad. Sch, Harvard, 

 94-96, instr. metal, and metallog, 03- Min. 

 Eng; Gt. Britain Iron and Steel Inst. Metal- 

 lurgy; metallography. A definite hardness 

 number for the micro-constituents of iron and 

 steel. 



Boynton, Prof. W(illiam) P(ingry), 135 E. 11th 

 St, Eugene, Ore. Physics. Weathersfield, Vt, 

 Oct. 28, 67. A.B, Dartmouth, 90, A.M, 93; 

 fellow, Clark, 96-97, Ph.D, 97. Asst. physics, 

 Dartmouth, 88-90; prof, Southern California, 

 90-93; asst, Dartmouth, 93-94; instr, Califor- 

 nia, 97-01 ; asst. prof, Oregon, 03- Physical 

 Soc. The high frequency induction coil; ther- 

 modynamic potentials. Measurement of high 

 oscillatory potentials. 



Bracken, Dr. H(enry) M(artyn), 1010 Fourth St, 

 S. E, Minneapolis, Minn. Medicine. Nobles- 

 town, Pa, Feb. 27, 54. M.D, Columbia, 77; 

 L.R.C.S, Edinburgh, 79. Prof, materia medica 

 and therapeut, Minnesota, 88 Sec'y and ex- 

 ecutive officer, Minn. State Board of Health. 

 F.A.A; Am. Med. Ass; Pub. Health Ass; Climat. 

 Ass; Minn. Med. Soc; Hennepin Co. (Minn.) 

 Med. Soc. Materia medica; therapeutics. 



Brackett, Dr. B(yron) B(riggs), Thomas S. 

 Clarkson Memorial School of Technology, Pots- 

 dam, N. Y. Physics, Applied electricity. Ira, 

 N. Y, Aug. 13, 65. A.B, Syracuse, 90, A.M, 

 93; Ph.D, Hopkins, 97. Teacher math, Dick- 

 inson Sem, Williamsport, 90-92; Col. Dept, 

 Adelphi Acad, 92-93; student asst, Elec. Dept, 

 Hopkins, 94-97 ; teacher elec. eng, Union, 97-98 ; 

 physics, High Sch, Washington, D. C, 98-00; 

 engineer, Rowland Telegraph Co, 00-01 ; instr, 

 elec. science, Rutgers, 01-03; prof, physics and 

 elec. eng, Thomas S. Clarkson Mem. Sch. Tech, 

 03- Inspector torpedo cable, Eng. Dept, U. S. 

 A, 98. M.A.A; assoc. mem. Elec. Eng. Mag- 

 netic stresses. Laboratory instruments for 

 measurement of alternating currents and volt- 

 age. 



Brackett, Prof. C(yrus) F(ogg), Princeton Uni- 

 versity, Princeton, N. J. *Physics. Parsonfield, 

 Me, June 24, 33. A.B, Bowdoin, 59, M.D, 63. 

 Prof. chem. and nat. science, Bowdoin, 63-73; 

 Henry prof, physics, Princeton, 73- FA.A. 

 (v. pres, 86) ; Physical Soc; Elec. Eng; Philos. 

 Soc. 



Brackett, Prof. F(rank) P(arkhurst), Claremont, 

 Cal. Mathematics, Astronomy. Provincetown, 

 Mass, June 16, 65. A.B, Dartmouth, 87, A.M, 

 90. Instr. math, Pomona, 88-90, prof, 90- 

 M.A.A; Math. Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; 

 Pacific Astron. Soc; S. Cal. Acad. Astronomy, 

 especially meteors. 



