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on arc spectra. Electrolytic effect of alter- 

 nating current. 



Porter, Prof. W(illiam) T(ownsend), Medfield, 

 Mass. * Physiology. Plymouth, O, Sept. 24, 

 62. M.D, St. Louis Med. Col, 85; Kiel, Berlin 

 and Bre&lau, 87-93. Acting supt, St. Louis 

 City Hosp, 86-87; asst. prof, physiol, St. Louis 

 Med. Col, 87-88, prof, 88-93; asst. prof, Har- 

 vard Med. Sch, 93-98. assoc. prof, 98- Man- 

 aging ed, ' Am. Jour. Physiol.' F.A.A ; Physiol. 

 Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; Am. Med. Ass; 

 Am. Acad; Mass. Med. Soc. Physiology of 

 growth; the circulation; the spinal cord; res- 

 piration; muscle; physiological apparatus. 



Post, Charles A (If red), ' Strandhome,' Bayport, 

 L. I, N. Y. Astronomy. New York, N. Y, 

 Jan. 6, 44. LL.B, Columbia, 65. Hon. A.M, 

 Columbia, 00. F.A.A; Astron. and Astrophys. 

 Soc; Pacific Astron. Soc; fel. N. Y. Acad; fel. 

 Royal Astron. Soc. Astronomical photography. 

 Meteor radiants. 



Potamian, Brother (Michael Francis O'Reilly), 

 Manhattan College, New York, N. Y. Physics. 

 Cavan, Ireland, Sept. 29, 47. B.S, London, 79, 

 Sc.D, 83. Prof. math, and exp. physics, St. 

 Joseph's Col, London, 79-93 ; physics, Man- 

 hattan, 96- Mem. Jury of Awards, Columbian 

 Expos, 93. Epochs in the history of electric 

 and magnetic discovery; electric illumination. 



Poteat, Prof. W(illia)m L(ouis), Wake Forest, 

 N. C. Biology. Caswell Co, N. C, Oct. 20, 56. 

 A.B, Wake Forest, 77; Berlin, 88; A.M, Wake 

 Forest, 89 ; Woods Hole, 93. Tutor classics, 

 Wake Forest, 78-80, asst. prof. nat. science, 

 80-83, prof, biol, 83-05, pres, 05- Pres, N. C. 

 Teachers' Assembly, 97 ; mem. State Board 

 Examiners, 97, 98; Gay lecturer, Theol. Sem, 

 Louisville, Kv, 00; Brooks lecturer, Hamilton 

 Theol. Sem, Colgate, 05. M.A.A; fel. N. C. 

 Acad, (pres, 02). Protozoa; Algae. North 

 Carolina desmids. 



Potter, Dr. Henry Noel, New Rochelle, N. Y. Elec- 

 trical engineering. Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 20, 

 69. B.S, Amherst, 91; Berlin, 94; Gottingen, 

 95-98. With Westinghouse Elec. and Mfg. Co, 

 91-94; with Mr. Geo. C. Westinghouse as special 

 engineer, 98-; asst. to Prof. Walther Nernst, 

 Gottingen, 98 ; in charge private research labo- 

 ratory of Mr. Westinghouse, 0S-; Eng. Exp. 

 Dept, Sawyer-Man Elec. Co, 0^- Hon. Sc.D, 

 Amherst, 05. Am. delegate, Sixth Int. Cong. 

 Applied Chem. Elec. Eng; Electrochem. Soc. 

 Metallic arcs with alternating current; non- 

 arcing switching devices for alternating cur- 

 rents; electrical properties of iron at high tem- 

 peratures ; dry electrolytes ; mercury vapor 

 lamps; electric furnace development. Vacuum 

 and pressure furnaces ; practical application of 

 electric furnace methods to commercial mate- 

 rials ; silicon and its uses. 



Potter, Dr. Peter, Grand Ave. and Caroline St, St. 

 Louis, Mo. Anatomy. Dade Co, Mo, Nov. 24, 

 75. B.S, Missouri, 01, M.S, M.D, 03. Instr. 

 biol, Acad, Columbia, Mo, 96-99; biol. and 

 physics, High Sch, 99-00; asst. anat, Missouri, 



01-03; assoc. prof, St. Louis, 03- Ass. Anat; 

 St. Louis Biol. Soc; St. Louis Med. Sci. Club. 

 Human topographic anatomy. Topography of 

 the thoracic and abdominal viscera (by the 

 cross section method). 



Potter, W(illiam) B(ancroft), General Electric Co, 

 Schenectady, N. Y. Electrical engineering. 

 Thomaston, Conn, Feb. 19, 63. High Sch. 

 With E. H. Judd (machinist), Hartford, Conn, 

 81-87; steam and elec. construction, Thomson- 

 Houston Elec. Co, 87-90, asst, Ry. Eng. Dept, 

 90-95; chief engineer, Ry. Dept, Gen. Elec. Co, 

 95- M.A.A; Elec. Eng; Mech. Eng; Civil Eng. 



Potts, Dr. Louis M(axwell), Care The Rowland 

 Telegraphic Co, 107 E. Lombard St, Baltimore, 

 Md. Physics. Canonsburg, Pa, Oct. 30, 76. A.B, 

 Washington and Jefferson, 96; Ph.D. Hopkins, 

 00. Teacher, High Sch, Washington, Pa, 96-97 ; 

 student asst, Hopkins, 99-00; elec. engineer, 

 Rowland Telegraphic Co, 00-02, constructing 

 engineer, 02-04, chief engineer, OJf- Physical 

 Soc ; assoc. Elec. Eng. Measurements of alter- 

 nating currents by the electrodynamometer. 



Pound, Dr. Roscoe, 1969 A St, Lincoln, Nebr. 

 *Botany. Lincoln, Oct. 27, 70. A.B, Nebraska, 

 88, A.M, 89; Harvard Law Sch, 89-90; Ph.D, 

 Nebraska, 97. Asst. bot, Nebraska, 88-89; 

 director, Nebr. Bot. Surv, 92-; judge, Supreme 

 Court, Nebr, 01-03; dean, Col. of Law, Ne- 

 braska, 08- Assoc. Bot. Soc; Micros. Soc; 

 Am. Bar Ass. Phytogeography. The vegeta- 

 tion of Nebraska. 



Powell, G(eorge) Harold, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Pomology. 

 Ghent, N. Y, Feb. 8, 72. B.S.A, Cornell, 95, 

 M.S.A, 96. Horticulturist and entomologist, 

 Delaware, 96-98, horticulturist, 98-01 ; asst. 

 pomologist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01-03, pomol- 

 ogist in charge fruit storage investigations, 03- 

 04, in charge fruit transportation and storage, 

 05- Pomol. Soc ; Soc. Hort. Sci ; Wash. Bot. 

 Soc. Fruit transportation and storage. Cold 

 storage of fruits; the refrigeration of fruits in 

 transportation. 



Power, Dr. Frederick B (elding), 6 King St, Snow 

 Hill, London, E. C, England. Chemistry. Hud- 

 son, N. Y, March 4, 53. Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 

 72-74; Ph.D, Strasburg, 80. In charge, Chem. 

 Lab, Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 80-83; prof, pharma- 

 ceut. chem. and mat. med, Wisconsin, 83-92; 

 director, Laboratories, Fritzsche Brothers, 92- 

 96; Wellcome Chem. Research Laboratories, 

 London, 96- U. S. delegate, Int. Cong, for Uni- 

 fication of Formulae of Potent Medicaments, 

 Brussels, 02. F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Pharmaceut. 

 Ass; hon. mem. Wis. Pharmaceut. Ass; hon. 

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 London Soc. Chem. Indust; London Soc. Arts; 

 Chem. Gesell; hon. mem. Soc. Royale Pharm. 

 de Bruxelles. Phytochemistry; essential and 

 fatty oils. 



Powers, Dr. L(e)G(rand), 3007 15th St, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Statistics. Preston, N. Y, July 21, 47. 

 Tufts, 68-70; A.B, Iowa, 72. Commissioner of 

 labor, Minn, 89-99; chief statistician, Ticelfth 



