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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Roland, Md, April 1, 72. A.B, Hopkins, 92, 

 l'h.D, 00. Teacher science, high schools; lec- 

 turer, Homeop. Med. Col, Baltimore, 93-98 ; prof, 

 biol, Allegheny, 01-02; instr, Syracuse, 02-03, 

 assoc. prof, histol, OS- Lecturer histol. and 

 embiyol, l'a. Col, 97. M.A.A; Soc. Nat; Ass. 

 Anal ; Soc. Zool. Thyroid gland of Petromy- 

 zon : nasal passages of the alligator; animal 

 habits. Anatomy and histology of the Ameri- 

 can gianl salamander ( Cryptobranchus alle- 

 ^heniensis) . 



Reese, Dr. Cha(rle)s L(ee), 1020 Jackson St, Wil- 

 mington, Del. *Chemistry. Baltimore, Md, 

 Nov. 4, 02. Hopkins, 80-81; Virginia, 81-84; 

 Ph.D, Heidelberg, 80; Gottingen, 86. Instr. chem, 

 Hopkins, 80-88; prof, Wake Forest, 88; chem. 

 and physics, South Carolina Mil. Acad, 88-96; 

 instr. chem, Hopkins, 96-00; chief chemist, N. J. 

 Zinc Co, 01-02; Eastern Dynamite Co. and 

 director, Eastern Lab, 02- F.A.A; Chem. Soc; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust ; Chem. Gesell ; Chem. Verein. 

 Origin of South Carolina phosphate rock; cata- 

 lytic process of manufacture of sulphuric acid 

 and other chemical problems. Questions in con- 

 nection with the manufacture of explosives. 



Reese, Dr. Herbert M(eredith), Columbia, Mo. 

 Physics. Baltimore, Md, Dec. 1, 73. A.B, 

 Hopkins, 97, Ph.D, 00; fellow, Lick Observa- 

 tory, 00-01. Asst. spectros, Lick Observa- 

 tory, 01-03; Yerkes Observatory, 03-04; instr. 

 physics, Missouri, 04- M.A.A; Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc; Physical Soc. The Zeeman 

 effect; astronomical spectroscopy; investigations 

 of stellar spectra; orbit of spectroscopic binary. 



Reese, Jacob, Darby, Pa. Metallurgy. Llanelley, 

 Wales, July 14, 25. Self-educated. Laborer, 

 stockholder, engineer-in-chief, gen. manager and 

 owner, various iron works, 35-89. F.A.A; 

 Franklin Inst; Phila. Acad. Inventor of the 

 basic Bessemer and the basic open hearth pro- 

 cess for making steel ; discovered that basic slag 

 from basic Bessemer process when properly 

 ground is a good fertilizer. New systems' of 

 language for deaf mutes. 



Reese, Dr. Stanley C(hester), 216 N. Lang Ave, 

 E. E, Pittsburg, Pa. Mathematics. Pittsburg, 

 Pa, May 4, 74. A.B, Princeton, 96, fellow, 

 96-98, A.M, 97, Ph.D, 99. Prof, math, Acad, 

 Princeton, 98-99; research asst, Yerkes Observ- 

 atory, 99-01; asst, Eng. Dept, Carnegie Steel 

 Co, 01-02; mech. engineer, Riter Conley Mfg. 

 Co, 02- Astron. and Astrophys. Soc. Orbits 

 of minor planets; optical questions arising in 

 design of reflecting telescopes. Mathematical 

 theory of spectrum analysis; new forms of 

 fitting shop machinery. 



Reeve, Prof. Sidney A(rmor), 352 Salisbury St, 

 Worcester, Mass. Mechanical engineering. 

 Dayton, O, March 27, 66. Ph.B, Yale, 85, M.E, 

 87. Instr, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 85; with 

 Westinghouse, Church, Kerr and Co, 87-94; 

 asst. ed, 'Progressive Age,' 95; adj. prof, steam' 

 and hydraul. eng, Worcester, 96-98, prof, 98- 

 Mech. Eng. The Joule cycle for the production 

 of power from continuous combustion under 



constant pressure; the physical nature of 

 entropy; graphical thermodynamics. Id; dy- 

 namics of society viewed as a device for the 

 transformation of energy. 



Rehn, James A(bram) G(arfield), 1918 N. 21st St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.. Mammology, Orthopterology. 

 Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 81. Pa. Acad. Fine Arts. 

 Asst. curator, Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila, 

 08- Assoc. Ornith. Union. Systematic revis- 

 ions of the leaf-nosed bats and faunistic and 

 systematic studies in the Orthoptera at large. 

 Bats of the genera Chilonycteris, Mormoops, 

 Dermonotus, Macrotis and Centurio. 



Reichert, Prof. Edward (Tyson), Department of 

 Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. *Physiology. Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 

 55. M.D, Pennsylvania, 79; Leipzig and Geneva, 

 82-85. Prof, physiol, Pennsylvania, 86- Soc. 

 Nat; Physiol. Soc; Phila. Col. Physicians; etc. 

 Physiology. 



Reid, Prof. Harry F(ielding), 608 Cathedral St, 

 Baltimore, Md. * Geophysics. Baltimore, May 

 18, 59. C.E, Pa. Mil. Acad, 76; A.B, Hopkins, 

 80, Ph.D, 85. Prof, math, Case, 86-89, physics, 

 89-94; lecturer, Hopkins, 94-96, assoc. prof, 

 geol. physics, 96-01, prof, 01- Assoc, prof, 

 physical geol, Chicago, 95-96; chief, Highway 

 Div, Md. Geol. Surv, 98-05; special expert in 

 charge of earthquake records, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 02- Mem. Commission Int. des Glaciers, 94- 

 F.A.A; Physical Soc; Geol. Soc; Geog. Ass; 

 Wash. Acad; Phila. Acad; hon. mem. Soc. Hel- 

 v^tique des Sci. nat. Glaciers. Glaciers; earth- 

 quakes. 



Reid, Dr. L(egh) W(ilber), Haverford College, 

 Haverford, Pa. Mathematics. Alexandria, Va. 

 B.S, Va. Mil. Inst, 87; A.B, Hopkins, 89; M.S, 

 Princeton, 96; Ph.D, Gottingen, 99. Instr. 

 math, Princeton, 93-97, 99-00; Haverford, 00- 



01, assoc. prof, 01- Math. Soc. Class num- 

 bers of cubic algebraic number realms. 



Reid, Hon. Whitelaw, 451 Madison Ave, New 

 York, N. Y. Political science. Xenia, 6, Oct. 

 27, 37. A.B, Miami, 56, A.M, 60; A.M, Univ. 

 of N. Y, 71; A.M, Dartmouth, 73. Ed, 'Xenia 

 News,' 58-60 ; on staff, ' Cincinnati Gazette,' 

 61-68; ed, 'N. Y. Tribune,' 68-; Am. Am- 

 bassador to Gt. Britain, 05- Clerk, Mil. 

 Committee, House of Representatives, 62, li- 

 brarian, 63-66; mem. Board of Regents, Univ. 

 of N. Y, 78- v. chancellor, 02, chancellor, 04; 

 U. S. Minister to France, 89-92; republican 

 nominee for v. pres, 92; special ambassador of 

 U. S. to Queen's Jubilee, 97; mem. U. S. Com- 

 missioner in Paris for Peace with Spain, 98; 

 special ambassador of U. S. to coronation of 

 King Edward VII, 02. LL.D, Miami, 69; 

 Princeton, 99; Yale, 02; Cambridge, England, 



02. F.A.A. 



Reighard, Prof. Jacob (Ellsworth), 1502 Israel Hall 

 Ave, Ann Arbor, Mich. * Zoology. La Porte, Ind, 

 July 2, 61. Ph.B, Michigan, 82; private stu- 

 dent with Dr. E. L. Mark, Cambridge, 83-85; 

 Michigan, 85-86. Teacher science, High Sch, 



