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Brazilian corals and echinoderms ; echinoderms 

 of the western Atlantic and of Alaska; alcyo- 

 naria of the Blake Expedition; Mollusca of the 

 northeast American coast; deep-sea Mollusca. 



Very, Prof. F(rank) W, Westwood, Mass. 

 * Astrophysics, Geology, Meteorology. Salem, 

 Mass, Feb. 12, 52. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 73. 

 Astronomer, Allegheny Observatory, 78-95; adj. 

 prof, astron. and instr. geol, Western Univ. of Pa, 

 90-95; acting director, Ladd Observatory, and 

 prof, astron. (pro tern.), Brown, 9G-97; special 

 agent, U. S. Weather Bur, 00 ; Smithsonian Inst, 

 02. Prize, Utrecht Soc. of Arts and Sciences. 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Boston Soc. Arts. 

 Radiation (moon, sun, rock salt, ice, glass, air, 

 Welsbach light) ; absorption of radiation by 

 air, water vapor, solids and solar atmosphere; 

 variation of solar radiation; cause of aurora; 

 solar constant; photometry of eclipse and of 

 spectrum; mechanism of hail storms; theory of 

 new stars; parallax of Nova Persei; cause of 

 nebulosity of Nova Persei; scheme for micro- 

 chemical analysis; height and velocity of mi- 

 grating birds; phosphorescence; sun-spots; up- 

 held surface forms and ancient river terraces of 

 the lower Allegheny valley; observations of the 

 terminal moraine in New York; etc. Stellar 

 evolution. 



Vickery, Dr. Herman F(rank>, 263 Beacon St, 

 Boston, Mass. Medicine. Rochester, N. Y, 

 Aug. 20, 56. A.B, Harvard, 78, M.D, 82; 

 Leipzig and Vienna, 82-83. Asst. clin. med, 

 Harvard, 84-90, instr, 90-; visiting physician, 

 Mass. Gen. Hosp, 98- Am. Physicians; Mass. 

 Med. Soc. (councilor) ; Boston Soc. Med. Sci; 

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

 (pres, 87-88). Internal medicine. 



Vining, E(dward) P(ayson), '3447 Clay St, San 

 Francisco, Cal. Comparative philology. Bel- 

 chertown, Mass, Jan. 14, 47. High Sch, Buf- 

 falo. Gen. freight traffic manager, Union 

 Pacific R. R, 71-S3; commissioner, Western 

 Trunk Line Ass, 84-87; gen. traffic manager, 

 N. Y. and New England R. R, 88-89 ; asst. gen. 

 manager, St. L. and S. F. R. R, 90; commis- 

 sioner, Transcont. R. R. Ass, 91-93; gen. man- 

 ager, Market St. Ry. Co, San Francisco, 94-02. 

 Hon. A.M, Yale, (about) 86. F.A.A; Oriental 

 Soc. Railroads; philology; early American 

 history; text and translation of the Bible; 

 Shakespeare. The precise meaning of the Greek 

 words in the original text of the New Testa- 

 ment. 



Vogdes, Gen. A(nthony) W(ayne), U. S. A, San 

 Diego, Cal. Geology, Paleontology, Military 

 geography. West Point, N. Y, April 23, 43. 

 F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Cal. Acad; Phila. Acad; Ga. 

 Acad; Chicago Acad. Fossil Crustacea. Bib- 

 liography relating to geology, paleontology and 

 mineral resources of California, including the 

 maps of the state. 



Volk, Ernest, 817 S. Clinton Ave, Trenton, N. J. 

 Archeology, Botany. Waldkirch, Germany, 

 Aug. 25, 45. Under Prof. F. W. Putnam, Har- 



vard. In charge of explorations in Delaware 

 Valley, under Prof. F. W. Putnam, 89; Little 

 Miami Valley for Peabody Mus, 90; under Dr. 

 C. C. Abbott for Univ. of Pa, 90 ; Delaware Val- 

 ley under Prof. F. W. Putnam for Columbian 

 Expos, 91-93; Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, N. Y, 94- 

 03; Univ. of Cal, 04; with Field Columbian 

 Mus, Chicago, 04. Medal and two diplomas, 

 Columbian Expos, 93. M.A.A; Trenton Nat. 

 Hist. Soc; Int. Ass. des Americanistes. An- 

 thropology. Early man in the Delaware Val- 

 ley. 



Volney, Dr. C(arl) W (alter), Keyport, N. J. 

 Natural science, Chemistry. Brandenburg, 

 Prussia, Sept. 19, 38. Ph.D, Berlin, 63. Man- 

 ufacturer. Chem. Soc; Electrochem. Soc; Soc. 

 Chem. Indust; Torrey Bot. Club; Chem.Gesell; 

 Chem. Verein ; Bunsen Gesell. Explosive sub- 

 stances; nitrates and nitric acid; decomposi- 

 tions. Formation of nitric acid; composition 

 of cellulose nitrates; composition and reaction 

 of nitric-sulphuric acid on organic substances. 



von Nardroff, Dr. E(rnest) R(obert), 397 Madison 

 St, Brooklyn, N. Y. Physics. Brooklyn, May 

 12, 64. E.M, Columbia, 86. Instr. physics, 

 Barnard, Columbia, 91-97; head, Science Dept, 

 Erasmus Hall High Sch, Brooklyn, 97- Lec- 

 turer physics, Evening High Schools, Brooklyn, 

 87-98. Hon. Sc.D, St. Lawrence, 03. F.A.A; 

 Physical Soc; N. Y. Acad. Diffraction of 

 light; color apparatus; inaudible sound waves; 

 new interferometer method for measuring re- 

 fractive index of thin parallel plates singly and 

 doubly refracting. Analysis and velocity of 

 inaudible sound waves. 



Voorhees, Prof. E(dward) B(urnett), New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J. Agricultural chemistry, Agronomy. 

 Mine Brook, N. J, June 22, 56. A.B, Rutgers, 

 81, A.M, 84; Sc.D, Vermont, 00. Asst. chemist, 

 Wesleyan, 81-82; N. J. Agr. Exp. Sta, 82-88, 

 chemist, 88-92 ; prof, agr, Rutgers, 90-; direc- 

 tor, ~N. J. Agr. Exp. Sta, 92- V. pres. N. J. 

 State Board of Agr, 93-01, pres, 01- Nichols 

 medal, Chem. Soc, 03. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; 

 Chem. Soc; Ass. Off. Agr. Chemists (pres, 94) ; 

 Ass. Agr. Col. (sec'y and treas, 97-04, pres, 

 04-05) ; Forestry Ass; N. J. Micros. Soc; N. J. 

 Hist. Soc. Agricultural chemistry; agronomy; 

 fertilizers. 



Voorhees, L(ouis) A(ugustus), 111 Carroll Place, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. * Agricultural chemistry. 

 New Brunswick, March 6, 65. A.B, Rutgers, 

 85, A.M, 88. Asst. chemist, N. J. Agr. Exp. 

 Sta, 87-96, chief chemist, 96- Chem. Soc; 

 Electrochem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust. Agri- 

 cultural chemistry. 



Voris, Prof. Floyd T(homas), St. Paul, Minn. 

 Physics. Arcadia, la, 72. B.S, Highland 

 Park, 93; McCormick Theol. Sem, 93-96; A.M, 

 Columbia, 02. Pastor, Buffalo, Minn, 96; instr, 

 instr, Nor. Dept, Buena Vista, 98, prof, physics 

 and chem, 99-04; instr. geol, Macalister, 01f- 

 M.A.A. Absorption of light by metallic sur- 

 faces. 



