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Inst, Hamilton, Ont, 77-80; prof. chem. and 

 geol. and v. pres, King's Col, N. S, 80-82; prof, 

 geol, Missouri, 82-87 ; state geologist, Ga, 88- 

 93; Geol. Surv. of W. I. and Central Am, 

 94- F.A.A; Geol. Soc; Can. Inst; fel. London 

 Geol. Soc. Physical geology. Geological devel- 

 opment of the West Indies and Central Amer- 

 ica; geography of submarine valleys; great 

 changes of level of land and sea; geology and 

 physics of Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes. 

 Spenzer, Dr. John G(eorge), 261 Amesbury Ave, 

 Cleveland, O. Chemistry, Toxicology, Pharma- 

 cology. Cleveland, Sept. 6, 64. M.D, Western 

 Reserve, 84; Ph.D, Strasburg, 93. Asst. chem, 

 Adelbert, 84-87; instr. pharmacol. and prof, 

 chem, Western Reserve, 94-96; prof. chem. and 

 Pharmacol, Cleveland Col. Physicians and Surg, 

 Ohio Weslcyan, 96- F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Am. 

 Med. Ass; Ohio Med. Ass; Ohio Pharmaceut. 

 Ass ; Cleveland Acad. Med, Chem. Soc. and Phar- 

 maceut. Ass ; fel. London Chem. Soc ; Chem. Gesell. 

 Unsaturated fatty acids; preparation of a car- 

 bohydrate from egg albumin; /3-bromvalerianic 

 acid, chemically and crystallographically con- 

 sidered. A scheme for separation oi vegetable 

 poisons; the delicacy of the tests for phenol. 



Speyers, Prof. C(larence) L(ivingston), New 

 Brunswick, N. J. ^Physical chemistry. New 

 York, N. Y, Jan. 8, 63. Ph.B, Columbia, 84. 

 Asst. chem, Missouri, 85-91 ; assoc. prof, Rut- 

 gers, 91- F.A.A; Chem. Soc; N. J. Micros. 

 Soc. (pres, 01-02). Heat of solutions, mole- 

 cular weights, solubilities and densities of some 

 carbon compounds in carbon solvents; vapor 

 pressures and boiling-points of mixed liquids; 

 osmotic pressure. Dielectric constants of solu- 

 tions compared with dielectric constants of their 

 compounds. 



Spiller, Dr. William G(ibson), 4409 Pine St, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Medicine. Baltimore, Md, Sept. 

 13, 63. M.D, Pennsylvania, 92. Asst. elin. 

 prof, nervous diseases and asst. prof, neuropath, 

 Pennsylvania, 01-03, prof, neuropath, and assoc. 

 prof, neur, 03- Prof, nervous diseases, Phila. 

 Polyclinic; clin. prof, Women's Med. Col, Pa; 

 neurologist, Phila. Hosp ; ed, ' Jour. Nervous 

 and Mental Disease.' Ass. Path, and Bact; 

 Neur. Ass. (pres, 05) ; fel. Phila. Col. Physi- 

 cians; Phila. Neur. Soc. (past pres.). The 

 symptomatology and pathology of nervous dis- 

 eases. 



Spillman, Prof. W(illiam) J(asper), U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Agri- 

 culture. Lawrence Co, Mo, Oct. 23, 63. B.S, 

 Missouri, 86, M.S, 89. Prof, science, State 

 Nor. Sen, Cape Girardeau, Mo, 87-89; Vin- 

 cennes, Ind, 89-91; Ore. State Nor. Sch, 91-94; 

 prof, agr, Wash. Agr. Col, 94-01; agrostologist, 

 V. S. Dept. Agr, 02- F.A.A; Soc. Prom. Agr. 

 Sci ; Ind. Acad ; Wash. State Acad ; Wash. Biol, 

 Bot. and Philos. Societies. Plant breeding; 

 farm practise and underlying principles. Laws 

 of heredity in hybrids ; economic agriculture. 



Spinney, Prof. L(ouis) B(evier), Ames, la. 

 Physics, Electrotechnics. Bradford, Ills, May 



27, 69. B.M.E, Iowa State, 92, B.S, 93; Cor- 

 nell, 93-94, 98-00; Berlin, 94-95; Zurich, 95- 

 96. Asst. physics, Iowa State, 93-97, prof, 

 physics and elec. eng, 91- F.A.A; Physical 

 Soc; Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ. Elastic properties 

 of glass; analysis of vowel sounds. 



Spitzka, Dr. Edw(ard) Anthony, 66 E. 73d St, 



New York, N. Y. * Neuroanatomy. New York, 

 June 17, 76. Col. City of N. Y, 94-98; M.D, 

 Columbia, 02, fellow, 02- Demonstrator anat, Co- 

 lumbia, 04~ M.A.A; Ass. Anat; Anthrop. Ass. 

 Human cerebral fissures; brain-weight; brains 

 of eminent men; hereditary transmission of 

 cerebral types; brains of races. Id; compara- 

 tive anatomy of the insula. 



Spitzka, Dr. E(dward) C(harles), 66 E. 73d St, 



New York, N. Y. Neurology, Psychiatry. New 

 York, Nov. 10, 52. Col. City of N. Y, 66-70; 

 M.D, N. Y. Univ, 73; Leipzig, 73-74; Vienna, 

 74-75. Prof, nervous and mental diseases and 

 med. juris, N. Y. Post-Grad. Col, 82-84. Hon. 

 M.D, St. Louis Col. Physicians and Surg, 85. 

 Ass. Anat; Neur. Ass. (pres, 90-91) ; Soc. Med. 

 Juris; N. Y. Neur. Soc; N. Y. Path. Soc; N. Y. 

 Acad. Med; hon. fel. Chicago Acad. Med; N. Y. 

 Co. Med. Soc. Discoverer of interoptic lobes; 

 pathology of paretic dementia; homology of 

 corpora quadrigemina ; anatomy of lemniscus 

 tract; clinical features of grave delirium. 

 Race and heredity as related to insanity; his- 

 torical role of mental disorders ; errors regard- 

 ing the abnormality of criminals. 



Sprague, Frank (Julian), 116 Riverside Drive, New 

 York, N. Y. * Electrical engineering. Milford, 

 Conn, July 25, 57. Grad, U. S. Naval Acad, 78. 

 Officer, U. S. N, 78-84; asst. to T. A. Edison, 

 84; v. pres, Sprague Elec. Ry. and Motor Co, 

 84-90 ; consulting engineer, Edison Gen. Elec. 

 Co, 90; pres. and v. pres, Sprague Elec. Ele- 

 vator Co, 91-97; v. pres. ana tech. director, 

 Sprague Elec. Co, 98-01; consulting engineer, 

 Sprague Elec. Co. and Cen. Elec. Co, 02- Mem. 

 and sec'y, Jury, Crystal Palace Elec. Exhib, 

 82-83; director, Soc. francaise Sprague; mem. 

 Terminal Commission for Elec. of N. Y. C. and 

 H. R. R. R. Gold medal, Paris Exhib, 89; 

 Elliot Cresson medal, Franklin Inst, 04; grand 

 prize, La. Purchase Expos, 04. Elec. Eng. 

 (pres, 92-93) ; Civil Eng; assoc. Naval Archit; 

 Naval Inst; British Inst. Elec. Eng; British 

 Inst. Civil Eng. Electricity; railway operation 

 and power distribution; rapid transit; power 

 transmission and utilization ; stationary motors ; 

 pioneer modern trolley system; inaugurated 

 high-speed electric elevators ; invented multiple- 

 unit system of electric railways. Electrifica- 

 tion of terminals of New York Central and Hud- 

 son River Railroad. 



Springer, Dr. Alfred, 312 E. Second St, Cincinnati, 

 O. * Chemistry, Physics. Cincinnati, Feb. 12, 

 54. Ph.D, Heidelberg, 72. Mfg. chemicals, 

 Alex Fries and Bro, Cincinnati, 7J(- F.A.A. 

 (sec'y, Subsect. Chem, 81, sec'y, C, 82, asst. 

 gen. sec'y, 83, gen. sec'y, 84, v. pres, 92) ; Chem. 

 Soc; cor. mem. British Ass. The torsion bal- 



