AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



159 



math, Hopkins, 92-97, collegiate prof, 97- 

 Math. Soe. Plane algebraic curves. 



Hulett, Dr. George A(ugustus), 2 Murray Place, 

 Princeton, N. J. * Physical chemistry. Will 

 Co, Ills, July 15, 68. A.B, Princeton, 92; 

 Ph.D, Leipzig, 98. Asst. chem, Princeton, 92- 

 96; instr, Michigan, 99-04, asst. prof, physical 

 chem, 04-05; Princeton, 05- Physical Soc; 

 Chem. Soc ; Electrochem. Soc. Surface tension 

 and solubility; nature of precipitates; standard 

 cells. Standard cells; electrochemical equiva- 

 lent; isomorphism in precipitates. 



Hull, Prof. G(ordon) F(errie), Hanover, N. H. 

 *Physics. Garnet, Ont, Oct. 7, 70. A.B, 

 Toronto, 92, fellow, 92-95; fellow, Chicago, 95- 

 97, Ph.D, 97; Cambridge, England, and Berlin, 

 05-06. Asst. physics, Toronto, 92-95; Chi- 

 cago, 95-97; prof, Colby, 98-00; asst. prof, 

 Dartmouth, 00-03, Appleton prof, OS- Instr. 

 physics, Chicago, 97-98, summers, 98, 99. 

 F.A.A; Physical Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. 

 Soc. Electrical radiation; experimental deter- 

 mination of the pressure of light; the elimina- 

 tion of gas action in experiments on light pres- 

 sure. The production of motion of an electrified 

 body by a changing magnetic field; ether drift. 



Hume, Prof. Alfred, University, Miss. Mathe- 

 matics. Beech Grove, Tenn, Dec. 1, 66. B.E, 

 Vanderbilt, 87, C.E, 88, Sc.D, 90. Fellow and 

 instr. civil eng, Vanderbilt, 87-90; prof, math, 

 Mississippi, 90-, v. chancellor and dean, Acad. 

 Dept, 05- Acting prof, civil eng, Mississippi, 00- 

 02. M.A.A; Eng. Educ; Eng. Ass. of the South. 



Hume, Prof. James Gibson, 5S Spadina Road, 

 Toronto, Can. Philosophy, Ethics. Near To- 

 ronto, Sept. 12, 60. A.B, Toronto, 87; fellow- 

 elect, Hopkins, 88; A.M, Harvard, 89, Thayer 

 fellow, 89, Rogers fellow, 90; Ph.D, Freiburg, 

 91. Prof, elect, Toronto, 89, ethics and hist, 

 philos, 91- Psychol. Ass; British Ass. Appli- 

 cation of philosophy to social and ethical prob- 

 lems. The reaction against individualism; a 

 history of ethics; the place of Christianity in 

 the history of philosophy from the standpoint 

 of development; relation of psychology and 

 metaphysics to ethics; the educational signifi- 

 cance of interest. 



Humphrey, Richard L(ewis), 1001 Harrison Build- 

 ing, Philadelphia, Pa. Civil engineering, Chem- 

 istry. Marblehead, Mass, Oct. 19, 69. C.E, 

 Pennsylvania, 91, A.M, 93. R. R. draftsman 

 and topographer, 90-91 ; city draftsman and 

 engineer, Phila, 91-92; founder and engineer in 

 charge, City Testing Lab, Phila, 92-99; de- 

 signer, engineer and gen. manager, Buckhorn 

 Portland Cement Co, 99- F.A.A; Civil Eng; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Soc. Testing 

 Materials; Franklin Inst; Phila. Eag. Club 

 (director, 98-99) ; Int. Ass. Testing Materials 

 (sec'y, Am. Sect, 98-00). Manufacture, use 

 and tests of cement and concrete; tests of ma- 

 terials of construction; theory of concrete con- 

 struction. Proper tests for cement; abnormal 

 behavior of cements as to time of setting; accel- 

 erated tests for cements. 



Water resources of Virginia and West 



Humphreys, Pres. Alex(ander) C(rombie), 160 W. 



59th St, New York, N. Y. Engineering. Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland, March 30, 51. M.E, Stevens, 

 81. Sec'y and supt, Bayonne and Greenville 

 Gas Light Co, 72-81; chief engineer, Pintsch 

 Lighting Co, 81-85; gen. supt. and chief engi- 

 neer, United Gas Improv, 85-94; senior mem. 

 Humphreys and Glasgow; pres, Buffalo Gas Co. 

 and Manganese Steel Safe Co ; pres, Stevens, 03- 

 Hon. Sc.D, Pennsvlvania, 03; LL.D, Columbia, 

 03. M.A.A; Mech. Eng; Min. Eng; Civil Eng; 

 Eng. Educ; Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; 

 Am. Gas Light Ass. (pres, 99) ; Western Gas 

 Ass; New Eng. Ass. Gas Eng; Pacific Coast 

 Gas Ass; Ohio Gas Light Ass; British Inst. 

 Civil Eng; British Ass. Candle power; illu- 

 mination; photometry; water gas. Technical 

 education. 



Humphreys, Prof. D(avid) C(arlisle), Lexington, 

 Va. Civil engineering. Chatham Hill, Va, 

 56. C.E, Washington and Lee, 78. Teacher, 

 McDonogh Sch, Md, 78-79; U. S. asst. engi- 

 neer, Improv. of the Missouri River, 79-85; 

 prof, applied math, later civil eng, Washington 

 and Lee, 85-, dean, Sch. Eng, 02- Res. 

 hydrographer, U. S. Geol. Surv, 95- Civil Eng; 

 Eng. Educ; Nat. Geog. Soc; Va. Ass. Eng. (past 

 pres. ) . 

 Virginia. 



Humphreys, Dr. W(illiam) J(ackson), U. S. 

 Weather Bureau Office, Mount Weather, Va, 

 via Bluemont, Va. ^Physics. Gap Mills, W. 

 Va, Feb. 2, 62. A.B, Washington and Lee, 86, 

 C.E, 88; Virginia, 88-89; fellow, Hopkins, 95- 

 96, Ph.D, 97. Prof, physics and math, Miller 

 Sch, Va, 89-93 ; physics and chem, Washington 

 (Md.), 93-94; instr. physics, Virginia, 97-05; 

 prof, meteorol. physics, and supervisi?ig director, 

 Mount Weather Observatory, U. S. Weather 

 Bur, 05- Mem. Naval Observatory Eclipse 

 Exped. to Ga, 00; Sumatra, 01. M.A.A; Phys- 

 ical Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Nat. 

 Geog. Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. Pressure effect 

 on arc spectra ; solution and diffusion of metals 

 in mercury; electric discharges; flash spectra; 

 etc. Pressure effect on spectra and allied phe- 

 nomena. 



Hun, Dr. Henry, 149 Washington Ave, Albany, 

 N. Y. * Medicine. Albany, N. Y, March 21, 54. 

 Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 74; M.D, Harvard, 79. 

 Asst. physics, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 74-75; 

 prof, nervous diseases, Albany Med. Col, S5- 

 Am. Physicians ; Neur. Ass ; N. Y. State and 

 Co. Med. Societies. Neurology. 



Hunt, Dr. Reid, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public 

 Health and Marine Hospital Service, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. * Pharmacology , Physiology. Mar- 

 tinsville, O, April 20 ? 70. A.B, Hopkins, 91; 

 Bonn, 92; fellow, Hopkins, 94-96; Cornell, 95; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 96; M.D, Col. Physicians and 

 Surg, Baltimore, 96; Chicago, 97; Frankfort 

 02-04. Asst. physiol, Hopkins, 92-94; tutor 

 Columbia, 96-98 ; assoc. and later assoc. prof 

 Pharmacol, Hopkins, 98-03; chief, Div. Phar 

 macol, U. S. Pub. Health and Mar. Hosp. Ser- 



