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Min. Eng. (pres, 93); Mech. Eng; fel. N. Y. 

 Acad; Philos. Soc; hon. mem. Dallas Hist. Soc 

 lion. mem. Gt. Britain Iron and Steel Inst 

 hon. mem. Gt. Britain Inst. Min. and Metal 

 cor. mem. Soc. d'Encourag. pour l'Indust. Nat 

 hon. mem. Russian Imperial Tech. Soc. Metal- 

 lurgy; iron, steel and other alloys; metallurgy 

 of steel ; copper smelting. 



Howe, Prof. Herbert A(lonzo), University Park, 

 Denver, Colo. *Astronomy. Brockport, N. Y, 

 Nov. 22, 58. A.B, Chicago, 75; A.M, Cincin- 

 nati, 77; Sc.D, Boston, 84. Student and asst, 

 Observatory, Cincinnati, 75-80; prof. math, and 

 astron, Denver, 81-, dean, Col. Liberal Arts, and 

 director, Chamberlin Observatory, 92- F.A.A; 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Math. Soc; Colo. 

 Acad; Astron. Gesell. Double stars; nebulae; 

 orbits of comets and asteroids; Kepler's prob- 

 lem. Determination of positions of 2,000 ne- 

 glected nebulae discovered in America; obser- 

 vations of comets and asteroids; new methods 

 of solving Kepler's problem. 



Howe, Dr. Ja(me)s Lewis, Washington and Lee 

 University, Lexington, Va. * Chemistry. New- 

 buryport, Mass, Aug. 4, 59. A.B, Amherst, 80; 

 Ph.D, Gottingen, 82; Berlin, 82; Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 94. Instr. chem, Brooks Mil. Acad, Cleve- 

 land, 82-83 ; prof. chem. and geol, Central Univ. 

 of Ky, 83-87 ; scientist and lecturer, Polytech. 

 Soc. of Ky, 86-94; prof. chem. and dean, Hosp. 

 Col. of Med. and Col. of Dentistry, Louisville, 

 87-94; prof, chem, Washington and Lee, 9^- 

 Hon. M.D, Hosp. Col. of Med, Louisville, 86. 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, C, 92, of Council, 94, gen. sec'y, 

 95, v. pres, 00) ; Chem. Soc; Wash. Acad; 

 London Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Ruthenium; 

 double and complex salts with organic acids; 

 other platinum metals. Chlorids, etc, of ruthe- 

 nium; chromium and cobalt malonates, succi- 

 nates and tartrates (double and complex) ; 

 tellurium. 



Howe, Prof. Malverd A(bijah), 2108 N. Tenth St, 

 Terre Haute, Ind. Civil engineering. North- 

 field, Vt, Dec. 9, 63. B.S, Norwich, 82; C.E, 

 Dartmouth, 86. Instr. civil eng, Lawrence Sci. 

 Sch, Harvard, 86-87; prof, Rose, 87- Practis- 

 ing engineer, 82- Civil Eng; Eng. Educ; St. 

 Louis Eng. Club. Strength of vitrified sewer 

 pipe; effect of different beds upon strength of 

 stone ; drawbridge reactions ; deflection of 

 bridges under various loads and speeds; rein- 

 forced concrete beams ; arches. 



Howe, Dr. Marshall A (very), New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N. Y. 

 * Botany. Newfane, Vt, June 6, 67. Ph.B, Ver- 

 mont, 90; fellow, Columbia, 97-98, Ph.D, 98. 

 Instr. crypt, bot, California, 91-96; curator, 

 Herbarium, Columbia, 99-01; asst. curator, N. 

 Y. Bot. Garden, 01- Assoc, ed, ' Bui. Torrey 

 Bot. Club,' 98-; ed, ' Torreya,' 01- F.A.A; 

 Bot. Soc; Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol; fel. 

 N. Y. Acad. Taxonomy of Hepaticae and ma- 

 rine Algae 'of North America. Taxonomy of 

 marine Algae of the Atlantic coast of North 

 America. 



Howe, Reginald Heber, Jr, Concord, Mass. Or- 

 nithology. Quincy, Mass, April 10, 75. Nobles 

 Sch, Boston, 88-95; Lawrence Sci. Sch, Har- 

 vard, 01. Lecturer ornith, various New Eng- 

 land schools, 99-02 ; instr. nat. science, Mid- 

 dlesex Sch, Concord, Mass, 01-05. M.A.A; 

 assoc. Ornith. Union; Nat. Geog. Soc; Nuttall 

 Ornith. Club; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Wash. 

 Biol. Soc. Birds of Rhode Island, Massachu- 

 setts and Vermont. 



Howell, Edwin E(ugene), 612 17th St, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C. Geology. Genesee Co, N. Y, 

 March 12, 45. A.M, Rochester, 80. Geologist, 

 U. S. Geog. Surv. West of 100th Meridian, 72- 

 73; U. S. Surv. of Rocky Mt. region (Powell), 

 74. F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Nat. Geog. Soc. Geo- 

 logical survey work; relief maps and models; 

 meteorites. 



Howell, Thomas, Creighton, Ore. Botany. Near 

 Pisgah, Mo, Oct. 9, 42. Botany of northwestern 

 America. 



Howell, Dr. W(illiam) H(enry), 232 W. Lanvale 

 St, Baltimore, Md. *Physiology. Baltimore, 

 Feb. 20, 60. A.B, Hopkins, 81, Ph.D, 84. 

 Asst. and assoc. biol, Hopkins, 84-88, assoc. 

 prof, physiol, 88-89; prof, physiol. and histol, 

 Michigan, 89-92; assoc. prof, physiol, Har- 

 vard, 92-93; prof, Hopkins, 93- Assoc, ed, 

 ' Jour. Exp. Med,' and ' Am. Jour. Physiol.' 

 Prize, Am. Physiol. Soc; hon. M.D, Michigan, 

 90; LL.D, Trinity (Conn.), 01. Nat. Acad; 

 F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Physiol. Soc; Soc. Exp. 

 Biol, and Med; Philos". Soc; Md. Med. and 

 Chirurg. Faculty; Mass. Med. Soc. Origin of 

 the red corpuscles of the blood; degeneration 

 and regeneration of nerve fibres ; causation of 

 the rhythmic beat of the heart; mechanism of 

 sleep; internal secretion of hypophysis cerebri; 

 isolated mammalian heart. Relation of the in- 

 organic salts of the blood to the heat of the 

 heart ; proteids of blood serum. 



Hower, Harry S(loan), 174 Bell Ave, Cleveland, O. 

 Physics. Parker, Pa, July 24, 77. B.S, Case, 

 99; Berlin, 03-05. Instr. science, High Sch, 

 Conneant, O, 99-00; physics, Case, 00- M.A.A; 

 Physical Soc. Coefficient of expansion of 

 metals by interferometer methods ; the effect 

 of radium rays upon oxygen; the detection of 

 minute quantities of ozone; the formation of 

 ozone by the photoelectric discharge in oxygen. 



Howerth, Prof. Ira W(oods), Valparaiso, Ind. 

 Sociology. Mt. Liberty, Ind, June 18, 60. 

 A.B, Northern Ind. Nor. Sch, 85; A.B, Har- 

 vard, 93; A.M, Chicago, 94, Ph.D, 98. Asst. 

 sociol, Chicago, 95-96, instr, 96-02, asst. prof, 

 02- Sec'y, Class Study Dept, Univ. Exten. Div, 

 Chicago, 94-98; registrar, Col. for Teachers, 

 Chicago, 98-99, dean, 99-00. F.A.A. Educa- 

 tion and evolution. The social question; social 

 waste. 



Howison, Prof. G(eorge) H(olmes), 2731 Bancroft 

 Way, Berkeley, Cal. Philosophy. Montgomery 

 Co, Md, Nov. 29, 34. A.B, Marietta, 52; Lane 

 Theol. Sem, 52-55; A.M, Marietta, 55; Berlin, 

 81-82. Asst. prof, math, Washington (St. 



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