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and math, 0k~ With U. S. Lighthouse Service, 

 93-94; asst, Mass. State Surveys, summers, 

 95-98, 00-03; chief of field party, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 04, 05. M.A.A. Geodesy; history and 

 development of triangulation in Massachusetts. 

 Base line measurements with steel tapes; 

 history of the determination of the figure of 

 the earth from arc measurements. 



Butts, Charles, U. S. Geological Survey, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Geology. Portville, N. Y. Sept. 

 18, 63. B.S, Alfred, 99, M.S, 00. Field asst, 

 U. S. Geol. Surv, 00; asst. to N. Y. state 

 paleontologist, 00-01; asst. geologist, V. S. 

 Geol. Surv, 01- Wash. Geol. Soc. Areal and 

 structural geology. Geological researches in 

 Pennsylvania and Alabama. 



Byerly, Prof. W(illiam) E(lwood), 39 Hammond 

 St, Cambridge, Mass. * Mat hematics. Phila- 

 delphia, Pa, Dec. 13, 49. A.B, Harvard, 71, 

 Ph.D, 73. Asst. prof, math, Cornell, 73-76; 

 Harvard, 76-81, prof, 81- Ed, 'Annals of 

 Math,' 99- Math. Soc; fel. Am. Acad. 



Byers, Dr. H(orace) G(reeley), 4719 15th Ave, N. 

 E, Seattle, Wash. Chemistry. Pulaski, Pa, Dec. 

 26, 72. A.B, B.S, Westminster (Mo.), 95, A.M, 

 98 ; Ph.D, Hopkins, 99. Prof, chem, Tarkio, 95- 

 96; instr, Maryland, 98-99; prof, Washington 

 (Seattle) ,99- Instr, Chem. Lab, Chicago, sum- 

 mers, 02-04. Action of manganese dioxid on 

 potassium permanganate; wood tar of Douglas 

 fir; oil of red elderberry. Action of Rontgen 

 rays in hastening chemical reactions; per- 

 chromic acid and the perchromates. 



Byrd, Prof. Mary E(mma), Smith College Obser- 

 vatory, Northampton, Mass. Astronomy. Le 

 Roy, Mich, Nov. 15, 49. A.B, Michigan, 78; 

 Harvard Col. Observatory, 82-83. Principal, 

 High Sch, Wabash, Ind, 79-82; first asst, Ob- 

 servatory, Carleton, 83-87 ; director, Smith, 

 87-, prof, astron, 98- Hon. Ph.D, Carleton, 04. 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Pacific Astron. 

 Sec; British Astron. Ass. Comet positions by 

 filar micrometer. 



Byrnes, Dr. Esther F(ussell), 193 Jefferson Ave, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. Biology. Philadelphia, Pa, 

 Nov. 3, 67. A.B, Bryn Mawr, 91; Woods Hole, 

 91; A.M, Bryn Mawr, 94, fellow, 94-95, Ph.D, 

 98. Demonstrator biol, Vassar, 91-93; Bryn 

 Mawr, 95-97 ; senior instr. physiol. and teacher 

 biol, Girls' High Sch, Brooklyn, 98- Soc. Nat; 

 Mar. Biol. Ass; fel. N. Y. Acad; N. Y. Ass. 

 Biol. Teachers (v. pres.). Cytology; matura- 

 tion and fertilization in limax; origin of limb 

 muscles in Amphibia ; regeneration of limbs in 

 Amphibia; etc. Cyclopidae. 



Cabot, Dr. Richard Clarke, 190 Marlboro St, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. *Medicine. Brookline, Mass, May 

 21, 68. A.B, Harvard, 89, M.D, 93, Dalton 

 scholar, 94-95. Asst. clin. med, Harvard, 98- 

 03, instr, OJf- Visiting physician, Channing 

 Home, 96-97 ; physician to out-patients, Mass. 

 Gen. Hosp, 97-; consulting physician, Mass. 

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Eye and Ear Infirmary, 00-; New England 

 Hosp, 02-; lecturer philos, Harvard, 02-03. 

 Am. Physicians; Am. Med. Ass; Mass. Med. 

 Soc; Boston Soc. Med. Improv; Boston Soc. 

 Med. Sci. Blood; methods of examining the 

 chest; action of aleohol and strychnine in 

 fevers; serum diagnosis in disease. Abdominal 

 tumors ; habits of healthy human beings in 

 American cities as regards food, sleep, exercise, 

 etc; alcohol in arteriosclerosis. 



Cady, Prof. Walter G(uyton), 100 High St, Mid- 

 dletown, Conn. Physics. Providence, R. I, 

 Dec. 10, 74. Ph.B, Brown, 95, A.M, 96; Ph.D, 

 Berlin, 00. Instr. math, Brown, 95-97 ; physics, 

 Wesley an, 02-03, assoc. prof, 03- Magnetic 

 observer, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 00-02. 

 M.A.A; Physical Soc; Nat. Geog. Soc; Wash. 

 Philos. Soc. Passage of electricity in gases. 

 Magnetic declinometer. 



Cain, Prof. W(illia)m, Chapel Hill, N. C. Mathe- 

 matics, Engineering. Hillsboro, N. C, May 14, 

 47. A.M, N. C. Mil. and Polytech. Inst, 65. 

 Civil engineer, 65-74; prof. math, and eng, 

 Carolina Mil. Inst, 74-80 ; civil engineer, 80-82 ; 

 prof. math, and eng, S. C. Mil. Acad, 82-89; 

 math, North Carolina, 89- F.A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Civil Eng. Voussoir arches; solid and braced 

 arches; steel-concrete arches; retaining walls; 

 stresses in bridges; calculus. 



Cajori, Prof. Florian, 1119 Wood Ave, Colorado 

 Springs, Colo. *Mathematics. Near Thusis, 

 Graubiinden, Switzerland, Feb. 28, 59. B.S, 

 Wisconsin, 83; Hopkins, 84-85; M.S, Wis- 

 consin, 86 ; Ph.D, Tulane, 94. Asst. prof, math, 

 Tulane, 85-87, prof, applied math, 87-88; TJ. S. 

 Bur. Educ, 88-89; prof, physics, Colo. Col, 

 89-98, math, 99- Mem. Conference of Ten 

 (mathematics), Nat. Educ. Ass, 92. F.A.A; 

 Math. Soc; Math. Verein. Infinite series. Id; 

 theory of equations; history of eighteenth cen- 

 tury mathematics. 



Caldwell, Dr. B(enjamin) Palmer, Tulane Uni- 

 versity, New Orleans, La. Chemistry. New 

 Orleans, April 2, 75. A.B, Tulane, 93, B.E, 

 95, Ch.E, 96; fellow, Hopkins, 00-01, Ph.D, 01. 

 Instr. chem, Tulane, 95-97, asst. prof, 97- 

 Equilibrium of double salts in solution. 



Caldwell, Dr. E(ugene) W(ilson), 36 W. 35th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Electrical engineering. Sa- 

 vannah, Mo, Dec. 3, 70. B.S, Kansas, 92 ; M.D, 

 Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col, 05. Experi- 

 mental work on telephoning to light-ships, U. S. 

 Lighthouse Establishment, 94-95; asst, Eng. 

 Dept, N. Y. Telephone Co, 95-97; director, Ed- 

 ward N. Gibbs Memorial X-ray Lab, Univ. and 

 Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col, 01- Elec. Eng; N. Y. 

 Elec. Soc; London Rontgen Soc. Wireless 

 telephony; induction coils and interrupters; 

 Rontgen rays. Crookes tubes. 



Caldwell, Prof. Francis C(ary), 401 W. Sixth Ave, 

 Columbus, O. Electrical engineering. Ithaca, 

 N. Y, Dec. 25, 68. A.B, Cornell, 90, M.E. (in 

 E.E.), 91; Polytech, Zurich, 92-93. Expert, 

 Thomson-Houston Elec. Co, 91-92; asst. prof. 



