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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Medal from King of Denmark, 83, and of 

 Portugal, S7; knighted by King of Italy, 87; 

 medal, Royal Portugese Soc. Archeol. and 

 Archit, 89; lion. Sc.D, Albertus Magnus, 90. 

 Assoc, mem. Int. Cong. Americanists. Acad. 

 Polit. and Social Sci; Trinity (Tex.) Hist. Soc; 

 Soc. Am. Authors; laureate mem. Royal Portu- 

 gese Soc. Archeol. and Archit; hon. mem. Royal 

 Norwegian Acad; Bologna Royal Acad. Belles 

 Letters. Archeology; botany; heraldry; Per- 

 sian literature. Exploration of the James, 

 Chickahominy, Choptank, Potomac and Shen- 

 andoah rivers, Virginia. 

 Reynolds, Dr. Frederick G, College City of New 

 York, New York, N. Y. Mathematics. New 

 York, Feb. 2, 72. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 91; 

 LL.B, N. Y. Univ, 96, M.S, 99, Sc.D, 04. Instr. 

 math, Col. City of N. Y, 91- Math. Soc. Vis- 

 cosity coefficient of air. 



Rhees, W(illia)m J (ones), Smithsonian Institu- 

 tution, Washington, D. C. Bibliography, 

 Statistics. Philadelphia, Pa, March 13, 30. 

 A.B, Central High Sch, Phila, 47. Chief clerk, 

 Smithsonian Inst, 53-91, keeper of archives, 91- 

 Acting asst. sec'y and acting sec'y, Smithsonian 

 Inst. Anthrop. Ass; Library Ass; Columbia 

 Hist. Soc. Anthropology; bibliography; gene- 

 alogy; history; statistics. History; genealogy; 

 statistics. 



Rhoads, Samuel N(icholson), Haddonfield, N. J. 

 Zoology, Bibliophily. Philadelphia, Pa, April 

 30, 62. Harvard, 92. Asst. zooL, Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, Phila, 95-96; field collector, Carnegie 

 Mus, Pittsburg, 98; asst. archeol, Free Mu?. 

 Science and Arts, Pennsylvania, 00. Mem. 

 Ornith. Union; Del. Valley Ornith. Club; life 

 mem. Phila. Acad. Mammals and birds; zoo- 

 logical nomenclature. Bird language; bibli- 

 ophily. 



Rice, Arthur L(ouis), 355 Dearborn St, Chicago, 

 Ills. Electrical and steam, engineering. Barre, 

 Mass, May 14, 70. B.S. in mech. eng, 

 Worcester, 91, in elec. eng, 93; fellow, Cornell, 

 95-96, M.M.E, 96. Instr. mech. eng, Worcester, 

 92-95; head, Dept. Applied Elec, Pratt Inst. 97- 

 01 ; assoc. ed, ' Engineer,' 02-03, ed, 03- Elec. 

 Eng; Mech. Eng. (asst. sec'y, 01-03). Cylinder 

 condensation in steam-engines; liquid air phe- 

 nomena. The economic limits of superheating 

 of steam. 



Rice, Dr. C(hauncey) B(rewster), 61 Huntington 

 St, New Haven, Conn. Experimental physics. 

 New Haven, March 14, 72. Ph.B, Yale, 94, 

 Ph.D, 01. Elec. engineer, White, Crosby Co, 

 N. Y, 94-96; asst. physics, Sheffield Sci. Sch, 

 Yale, 96-01, instr, 02-04, applied elec, 05- 

 High frequency alternating currents. Alter- 

 nating current motors. 



Rice, Prof. Edward L(oranus), 134 Lincoln Ave, 

 Delaware. O. *Zoology. Middletown, Conn, 

 March 18, 71. A.B, Wesleyan, 92; Ph.D, 

 Munich, 95. Asst. zool, Wesleyan, 96; prof, 

 Allegheny, 96-98; Ohio Wesleyan, 98- F.A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Ohio Acad. Gill structure 

 of lamellibranchs. 



Rice, E(dwin) W(ilbur), Jr, Schenectady, N. Y. 

 *Electrical engineering. La Crosse, Wis, May 

 6, 62. A.M, Central High Sch, Phila, 85. 

 Supt. and later tech. director, Thomson-Hous- 

 ton Elec. Co, 83-94; third v. pres, Gen. Elec. 

 Co, 94~ Hon. A.M, Harvard; Chevalier Legion 

 d'honneur. M.A.A; Elec. Eng; British Inst. 

 Elec. Eng; British Inst. Civil Eng. 



Rice, Prof. H(erbert) L(ouis), U. S. Naval Ob- 

 servatory, Washington, D. C. ' Mathematics, 

 Astronomy. Chicago, Ills, Dec. 18, 69. Mich- 

 igan, 88-91; B.S, Columbian, 93, M.S, 94. 

 Asst, ' Nautical Almanac ' Office, 92-02 ; asst. 

 astronomer, U. S. Naval Observatory, 02-; 

 instr. astron, George Washington, 94-97, prof, 

 97- Astron. and Astrophys. Soc. Mathemat- 

 ics; mathematical astronomy. 



Rice, Prof. M(artin) E(verett), 1223 Vermont St, 

 Lawrence, Kas. Physics, Electrical engineer- 

 ing, Mathematics. Westfield, N. Y, Nov. 19, 

 70. B.S, Kansas, 91, M.S, 93 ; Chicago, sum- 

 mers, 94, 96, Yerkes Observatory, summer, 98. 

 Instr, Dept. Physics and Math, Kansas, 92-96, 

 asst. prof, physics and math, 96-98, physics and 

 elec. eng, 98- M.A.A; Astron. and Astrophys. 

 Soc. The inverse of conies and conicoids from 

 the center; effect of magnetism on spectral 

 lines; alternating currents in Wheatstone's 

 bridge. 



Rice, Prof. W(illia)m North, Middletown, Conn. 

 *Geology. Marblehead, Mass, Nov. 21, 45. 

 A.B, Wesleyan, 65; Ph.D, Yale, 67; Berlin, 

 67-68. Prof. geol. and nat. hist, Wesleyan, 

 68-84, geol, 84- Asst. geologist, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 91-92; lecturer science and religion, Col- 

 gate, 97-00; supt, Conn. Geol. and Nat. Hist. 

 Surv, 03- LL.D, Syracuse, 86. F.A.A. (v. 

 pres, 05) ; Soc. Nat. (pres, 91) ; Geol. Soc; 

 Nat. Geog. Soc; Conn. Acad. Geology of Ber- 

 muda. Geology of the Connecticut Valley; 

 relations of science and religion. 



Richards, Dr. Alfred N(ewton), 437 W. 59th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Pharmacology. Stamford, 

 N. Y, March 22, 76. A.B, Yale, 97, A.M, 99; 

 Ph.D, Columbia, 01 ; research scholar, Rocke- 

 feller Inst, for Med. Research, 01-04. Asst. 

 physiol. chem, Columbia, 98-02, tutor, 02-04, 

 instr. pharmacol, 04~ Physiol. Soc; Soc. 

 Physiol. Chem; Chem. Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol, and 

 Med. Chemical composition of elastic tissue; 

 composition and amylolytic power of human 

 saliva. Cause of certain forms of experimental 

 glycosuria. 



Richards, Prof. Charles B(rinckerhoff), 227 Ed- 

 wards St, New Haven, Conn. Mechanical engi- 

 neering. Brooklyn, N. Y, Dec. 23, 33. Private 

 schools. In charge mfg. establishments until 

 84; prof. mech. eng, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 

 84- Consulting engineer, N. Y. City, 58-60; 

 expert, U. S. Commission, Paris Expos, 89. 

 Hon. A.M, Yale, 84; Chevalier Legion d'hon- 

 neur. F.A.A; Mech. Eng; Naval Archit. and 

 Marine Eng; Conn. Acad; cor. mem. Soc. Indus- 

 trielle de Mulhouse. Strength of materials; 



