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Furman, 90; fellow, Chicago, 01-03, Ph.D, 03. 

 Principal, Batesbury Inst, 99-00; asst. exp. 

 psychol, Chicago, 03-04, t7istr, OJf- Psychol. 

 Ass. Animal psychology; animal education. 

 Normal body growth of white rat ; the role 

 played by the various sense-organs in the mental 

 associations of animals. 



Watson, Prof. J(oseph) R(alph), Rochester, Ind. 

 Biology. Berea, O, Aug. 1, 74. B.S, Baldwin, 

 97; Western Reserve, 9S-00, A.M, 99. Asst. 

 and instr. biol, Adelbert Col, Western Reserve, 

 99-00; instr. bot, physics and chem, Berea, 01- 

 02; prof, biol, physics and chem, Rochester Nor. 

 Univ, Ind, 03- With Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta, 01, 

 03. M.A.A; Ohio. Acad. Flowering plants and 

 ferns of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Life history 

 of Cambarus; physiologic hygiene; flowering 

 plants of Fulton County, Ind. 



Watson, Prof. Thomas L(eonard), Virginia Poly- 

 technic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. Geology. 

 Chatham, Va, Sept. 5, 71. Grad, Va. Agr. and 

 Mech. Col, 90, M.S, 93; fellow, Cornell, 96-97, 

 Ph.D, 97. Asst. chemist, Va. Exp. Sta, 90-95; 

 instr. geol, Va. Agr. and Mech. Col, 91-95; 

 asst. state geologist, Ga. Geol. Surv, 98-01; 

 prof, geol, Denison, 01-04; Va. Polytech. Inst, 

 and geologist in charge, Va. Geol. Surv, OJf- 

 Field asst, Ind. Geol. Surv, summer, 97 ; research 

 work, U. S. Nat. Mus, 97, 98; asst. geologist, 

 N. C. Geol. Surv, 03; field asst, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 03. Geol. "Soc; Min. Eng. Lake levels 

 and shore lines; rock weathering; petrography 

 of certain igneous rocks in the southern Appa- 

 lachians; granitic rocks; manganese and ocher 

 deposits of Georgia; lead and zinc deposits of 

 Virginia. Rock weathering; petrology of the 

 basic igneous rocks of Georgia and North Caro- 

 lina; southern Appalachian granites. 



Watson, Prof. William, 107 Marlborough St, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. Mathematics, Engineering. Nan- 

 tucket, Mass, Jan. 19, 34. B.S, Harvard, 57 

 and 58; Paris, 60-61; Ph.D, Jena, 62. Instr. 

 math, Lawrence Sci. Sch, Harvard, 56-59, univ. 

 lecturer, Harvard, 63-64; prof. mech. eng. and 

 descrip. geom, Mass. Inst. Tech, 65-73. U. S. 

 Commissioner, Vienna Expos, 73 ; mem. Jury of 

 Awards, hon. pres, Cong, of Archit. and v. pres, 

 Cong, of Hygiene, Paris Expos, 78; hon. pres, 

 Eng. Sect, French Ass, 78, 81, 83, 89; v. pres, 

 Cong. Construction, Paris, 89; gen. sec'y, Cong. 

 of Waterways, Chicago, 93. F.A.A; Civil Eng; 

 Mech. Eng; fel. Am. Acad. (rec. sec'y, 84-) ; 

 Soc. des Ing. civile de France; Cherbourg Soc. 

 Sci. Nat. Mathematics; new coordinates ap- 

 plied to evolutes and caustics ; virtual veloci- 

 ties; descriptive geometry; shades and shadows. 

 Perspective. 



Watson, Prof. W(illiam) F(ranklin), Greenville, 

 S. C. Chemistry, Biology. New Brunswick, 

 Can, May 11, 61. A.B, Colby, 87, A.M, 90; 

 Pennsylvania, 92-93; Chicago, 98. Prof. chem. 

 and biol. and curator of Mus, Furman Univ, 90- 

 Medal, S. C. Interstate and W. I. Expos, 02. 

 Micros. Soc. (mem. Exec. Committee) ; Nat. 

 Geog. Soc. Improved methods in photomicrog- 



graphy. Experiments in photographing with 

 natural lenses, using the crystalline lens of 

 higher animals and the corneal lenses from the 

 eye of an insect. 



Waugh, Prof. F(rank) A(lbert), Amherst, Mass. 

 Horticulture. Sheboygan, Wis, July 8, 69. B.S, 

 Kas. State Agr. Col, 91, M.S, 93; Cornell, 

 97-98. Asst. hort, Kas. State Agr. Col, 91; 

 prof, Okla. Agr. and Mech. Col, 93-95; Ver- 

 mont, 95-02; Mass. Agr. Col, 02- Hort. ed, 

 'Country Gentleman'. Systematic pomology, 

 especially plums; pollination; lilies. Sym- 

 biosis of cion and stock; systematic relation of 

 cultivated plums ; pruning; landscape gardening. 



Wead, Prof. C(harles) K(asson), U. S. Patent 

 Office, Washington, D. C. * Physics. Malone, N. Y, 

 Sept. 1, 48. A.B, Vermont, 71, A.M, 74; Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 72; Berlin, 75-76. Prof, physics, 

 High Sch, Pittsburg, Pa, 72-75; Michigan, 

 77-85; elec. engineer and contractor, 87-90; ex- 

 aminer, U. S. Patent Office, 92- F.A.A. (sec'y, 

 B, 83) ; Wash. Acad; Wash. Philos. Soc. Phys- 

 ical and musical acoustics; history of musical 

 scales; the history, physical theory and laws of 

 musical instruments; acoustics of public build- 

 ings. The graphical method. 



Weaver, Dr. George H(owitt), 535 Washington 

 Boulevard, Chicago, Ills. Medicine, Bacteriol- 

 ogy. Sussex, Wis, Oct. 22, 66. Carroll, 82-85 ; 

 Wooster, 85-86; M.D, Rush Med. Col, 89. Prof. 

 path, Northwestern Women's Med. Sch, 93-97; 

 asst. prof, Rush Med. Col, 99- Asst, Memorial 

 Inst, for Infectious Diseases, Chicago, 02-; at- 

 tending physician children's and contagious dis- 

 eases, Cook Co. Hosp, 05- Ass. Path, and Bact ; 

 Soc. Bact; Am. Med. Ass; Ills. Med. Soc; Chi- 

 cago Med. Soc; Chicago Path. Soc. (sec'y). 

 Bacteriology of vaccine ; Widal's test for typhoid 

 fever; experimental cirrhosis of the liver; bac- 

 teriology of scarlatina and scarlet fever; effects 

 upon streptococci of blood-serum from cases of 

 scarlatina; bacteriology of summer diarrhea in 

 infants. 



Webb, Prof. J(ohn) Burkitt, Hoboken, N. J. 

 *Physics, Mathematics. Philadelphia, Pa, 41. 

 C.E, Michigan, 70; Heidelberg, Gottingen, Ber- 

 lin and Paris, 78-81. Asst. prof, civil eng, 

 Michigan, 70-71; prof, Illinois, 71-78; applied 

 math, Cornell, 81-85; math, and mech, Stevens, 

 85- Judge, Int. Elec. Exhib, Phila, 84; mem. 

 Int. Jury of Awards, La. Purchase Expos, 04. 

 F.A.A; Math. Soc; Mech. Eng. Mathematics; 

 mechanics; scientific apparatus. 



Webber, Dr. H(erbert) J(ohn), Takoma Park, 

 Washington, D. C. *Plant physiology. Law- 

 ton, Mich, Dec. 27, 65. B.S, Nebraska, 89, A.M, 

 90; Ph.D, Washington (St. Louis), 01. Instr. 

 bot, Nebraska, 89-90; Washington (St. Louis), 

 90-92; pathologist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 92-99; 

 physiologist in charge, Plant Breeding Lab, 

 00- Rep. of U. S. Dept. Agr, Int. Conf. on 

 Hybridization, 98. F.A.A; Soc. Plant Morph. 

 and Physiol. Plant reproduction; Zamia and 

 Ginkgo; orange diseases; investigation and 

 practical work on plant breeding. Practical 



