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coastal geology of New Jersey and New York; 

 Quaternary geology of the Hudson River Valley 

 and vicinity of New York City; economic geol- 

 ogy of New York. Classification and structural 

 geology of the pre-Cambrian rocks of south- 

 eastern New York. 



Merrill, Dr. George P(erkins), 1422 Staughton St, 

 N. W, Washington, D. C. *(leology. Auburn, 

 Me, May 31, 54. B.S, Maine, 79; Wesleyan, 

 79-80; M.S, Maine, 83; Hopkins, 86-87; Ph.D, 

 Maine, 89. Asst. chem, Wesleyan, 79-80; asst, 

 Fisheries Census, 80-81; connected with U. S. 

 Nat. Mus, 81-97, curator and head curator geol, 

 97- Lecturer geol, Md. Agr. Col, 90-91; prof, 

 geol. and miner, George Washington, 93- Geol. 

 Soc; Min. Eng; Wash. Geol. Soc. Petrography; 

 meteorites; building stones; rock weathering. 

 Meteorites; rock weathering; history of Ameri- 

 can geology. 



Merrill, Prof. Joseph F(rancis), University of 

 Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Physics, Elec- 

 trical engineering. Richmond, Utah, Aug. 24, 

 68. B.S, Michigan, 93; fellow, Hopkins, 98-99, 

 Ph.D, 99; Cornell, summers, 93, 02; Chicago, 

 summers, 94, 96, 97. Asst. prof, chem, Utah, 

 93-95, prof, physics and physical chem, 97-98, 

 principal, State Sch. Mines, 98-, prof, physics 

 and elec. eng, 99- M.A.A; assoc. mem. Elec. 

 Eng; Electrochem. Soc. Effect of dielectric on 

 electrical resistance; effect of temperature and 

 pressure on electrolysis of silver nitrate. 



Merrill, Prof. Lucius H(erbert), Bennoch St, Orono, 

 Me. Biological chemistry. Auburn, Me, Oct. 

 1, 57. B.S, Maine, 83. Asst, U. S. Nat. Mus, 

 85-86; chemist, Me. Exp. Sta, 86-, prof. biol. 

 chem, Maine, 98- M.A.A; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 

 Nutrition of man; wheat and its milling prod- 

 ucts. 



Merriman, Corydon C, 1910 Surf St, Chicago, 

 Ills. Natural science. Elbridge, N. Y, June 

 4, 27. A.B, Yale, 49, A.M. F.A.A; Micros. 

 Soc. (pres.). Polar glaciers; origin of races; 

 origin of the planets; structure of atoms. 



Merriman, Prof. Mansfield, Lehigh University 

 Park, South Bethlehem, Pa. *Civil engineer- 

 ing, Mechanics. Southington, Conn, March 27, 

 48. Ph.B, Yale, 71, C.E, 72, Ph.D, 76. Asst. 

 engineer, U. S. Eng. Corps, 73; instr. civil eng, 

 Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 74-78 ; prof, Lehigh, 78- 

 Acting asst, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 80-85; 

 assoc. ed, ' Johnson's Cyclopedia,' 92-96. 

 F.A.A. (v. pres, 94) ; Math. Soc; Civil Eng; 

 Eng. Educ. (pres, 96); Philos. Soc; N. Y. 

 Acad; Int. Ass. Testing Materials (pres, Am. 

 Sect, 99 ) . Mechanics and strength of ma- 

 terials; continuous beams and partially contin- 

 uous drawbridges; hydraulics; final formulas 

 for solution of quartic equations; least squares. 

 Mechanics and hydraulics. 



Merritt, Prof. Ernest, 39 East Ave, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 *Physics. Indianapolis, Ind, April 28, 65. 

 Purdue. 81-82; M.E, Cornell, 86, grad. student, 

 87-88; Berlin, 93-94. Instr. physics, Cornell, 

 82-92, asst. prof, 92-03, prof, 03- Assoc, ed, 

 'Physical Review.' F.A.A. (sec'y, B, 95, v. 



pres, 00) ; Physical Soc. (sec'y, 99- ed, 'Bui.'). 

 Efficiency of glow lamps; infra-red dichroism; 

 photography of manometric flame; conduction 

 in arc gases; reflected cathode rays; photo- 

 electric rays; conductivity of gases due to 

 presence of incandescent carbon. Luminescence. 



Merrow, Prof. Harriet Lathrop, Rhode Island 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 

 Kingston, R. I. Botany. Merrow, Conn, Sept. 

 8, 58. B.S, Wellesley, 86, A.M, 93; Michigan, 

 91-92. Teacher science, High Sch, Plymouth, 

 Mass, 87-88; Harcourt Place, Gambier, O, 88- 

 91; grad. asst, Michigan, 93-94; prof, hot, R. I. 

 Col. Agr. and Mech. Arts, 95- M.A.A; Soc. 

 Plant Morph. and Physiol. Parasitic fungi. 



Mershon, Ralph D(avenport), 11 Pine St, New 

 York, N. Y. Electrical engineering. Zanes- 

 ville, O, July 14, 68. M.E, Ohio State, 90. 

 Student asst. physics, Ohio State, 90, asst. elec. 

 eng, 90-91; engineer and designer, Westing- 

 house Elec. and Mfg. Co, Pittsburg and New 

 York, 91-97; chief engineer, Colo. Elec. Power 

 Co, Canon City and Cripple Creek, 97-98; engi- 

 neer and designer, Westinghouse Elec. and Mfg. 

 Co, 98-00 ; consulting elec. and mech. engineer, 

 00- John Scott medal, Franklin inst. M.A.A; 

 Elec. Eng. (v. pres, 02-05) ; Mech. Eng; Frank- 

 lin Inst. Air losses occurring on transmission 

 lines at high voltages. 



Messenger, Dr. H(iram) J(ohn), 637 Farmington 

 Ave, Hartford, Conn. Actuarial science. Can- 

 andaigua, N. Y, July 6, 55. Lit.B, Cornell, 80, 

 fellow, Ph.D, 86 ; Inst, of Actuaries, London, 90. 

 Acting assoc. prof, math, N. Y. Univ, 86-90; 

 actuary, Travelers Ins. Co, 98- Math. Soc; 

 Actuarial Soc. Actuarial science. 



Messenger, Prof. J(ames) Franklin, State Normal 

 School, Farmville, Va. Psychology. Benton Co, 

 la, Jan. 30,. 72. A.B, Kansas, 95; A.M, Har- 

 vard, 01; fellow, Columbia, 01-02, Ph.D, 03. 

 Instr. psvchol, New Mexico. 99-00; asst, Har- 

 vard, 00-01; instr, Pratt Inst, 02-03; State 

 Nor. Sch, Minn, 03-04; dean, Highland Park 

 Nor. Col, 04-05; prof, psychol, State Nor. Sch, 

 Farmville, Va, 05- F.A.A; Psychol. Ass; Nat. 

 Educ. Ass. Perception of number. Principles 

 of instruction. 



Metcalf, Dr. Haven, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. Botany. Winthrop, 

 Me, Aug. 6, 75. Colby, 92-94; A.B, Brown, 

 96, A.M, 97, grad. student, 97-98; Harvard, 

 99; Indiana, 00; Nebraska, 01-03, Ph.D, 03. 

 Instr. bot, Brown, 96-99; prof, biol, Tabor, 99- 

 01; assoc. prof. bot. and bacter, Clemson, and 

 state botanist, S. C, 02-06; pathologist, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 06- Demonstrator bot, Brown, 

 95-96; lecturer, Marthas Vineyard Summer 

 Inst, 96-99; plant life, S. C. State Sum- 

 mer Sch, 03-05; special agent, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 04, 05. F.A.A; Soc. Bact; Micros. Soc. 

 A soft rot of the sugar-beet; Bacterium teut- 

 lium; cultural studies of a nematode associated 

 with plant decay; the rice blast in South Caro- 

 lina; individuality of chromosomes; collection 

 and preservation of fungi. 



