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Wahl, Dr. W(illia)m H(enry), 1436 N. 13th St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Chemistry, Electrometal- 

 lurgy. Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 48. A.B, Dick- 

 inson, 67; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 69. Instr. nat. 

 science, Episcopal Acad, Phila, 69-70; ed, 'Jour. 

 Franklin Inst,' 70-75; assoc. ed, ' Eng. and 

 Mining Jour,' 79-80; ed, 'Manufacturer and 

 Builder,' 80-95; 'Jour. Franklin Inst,' 82- 

 Prof. physics, Central High Sch, Phila, 74; 

 lecturer miner, Wagner Free Inst. Officier 

 de l'lnstruction Pub. Electrochem. Soc; Philos. 

 Soc; Franklin Inst, (sec'y, 70-75, 82-). Met- 

 allurgy; electroplating; electrometallurgy. 

 Metallurgy of chromium, tungsten and other 

 metals reducible with difficulty; application of 

 aluminium and its alloys as reducing agents; 

 utilization of metal wastes. 



Waidner, Dr. Cha(rle)s W(illiam), 1429 R St, 

 N. W, Washington, D. C. * Physics. Balti- 

 more, Md, March 6, 73. E.E, Hopkins, 92, A.B, 

 96, fellow, 97-98, Ph.D, 98. Asst. physics, 

 Hopkins, 98-99; instr, Williams, 99-01; lab. 

 asst, Bur. Standards, 01-04, assoc. physicist, 

 0%- Draftsman, Mech. Eng. Dept, Colum- 

 bian Expos, 93. Physical Soc; Wash. Philos. 

 Soc. Rowland's thermometric scale and re- 

 calculation of the mechanical equivalent of 

 heat; sensitive galvanometers especially adapted 

 to bolometric work; optical pyrome try. Mer- 

 curial and electrical resistance; thermoelectric 

 pyrometry. 



Wait, Dr. Cha(rle)s E(dmund), University of 

 Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Chemistry. Little 

 Rock, Ark, Nov. 3, 49. C.E, M.E, B.S, Vir- 

 ginia, 74; Ph.D, Missouri, 88. Prof, math, St. 

 John's (Ark.), 75; mining engineer, Ark. Anti- 

 mony Co, 76; prof, eng, Arkansas, 77; director, 

 Mo. Sch. Mines, 79-88; prof, chem, Tennessee, 

 89- Chemist, Sacramento Smelting and Refin- 

 ing Co, Cal; first asst. chemist, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 88. M.A.A; Min. Eng; Chem. Soc; Social 

 Sci. Ass; fel. British Ass; fel. London Chem. 

 Soc. Nutrition investigations. 



Wait, Prof. L(ucien) A(ugustus), Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y. Mathematics. High- 

 gate, Vt, Feb. 8, 46. A.B, Harvard, 70. Asst. 

 prof, math, Cornell, 70-77, assoc. prof, 77- 

 90, prof, 90-95, head, Math. Dept, 95- U. S. 

 Consul, Athens and Piraeus, Greece, 73-74. 

 Math. Soc. 



Waite, Prof. Frederick C (lay ton), Western Re- 

 serve University, Cleveland, O. Anatomy, 

 Zoology. Hudson, O, May 24, 70. B.Litt, 

 Adelbert, 92, A.M, Western Reserve, 94; A.M, 

 Harvard, 96, Ph.D, 98. Instr. biol, N. Y. City 

 high schools, 98-00; N. Y. Univ, 99; asst. anat, 

 Chicago, 00-01; asst. prof, histol. and embryol, 

 Western Reserve, 01-04, assoc. prof, 0.'t~ M.A.A ; 

 Soc. Nat; Ass. Anat; Soc. Zool; Ohio Acad; 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Cleveland Acad. Med. 

 Embryology and morphology of Crustacea; 

 anatomy of Amphibia. Structure and develop- 

 ment of the parotoid glands in Amphibia; mor- 

 phology and development of rectal gland in 

 elasmobranchs. 



Waite, Dr. H(erbert) H(arold), 2011 Q St, Lincoln, 

 Nebr. Bacteriology, Pathology. Leverett, 

 Mass, July 4, 68. A.B, Amherst, 92; M.D, 

 Michigan, 01 ; A.M, Amherst, 03. Instr. bacter, 

 Michigan, 96-01; asst. prof, bacter. and path, 

 Nebraska, 02-05, assoc. prof, 05- State pathol- 

 ogist, Nebraska, 04- Am. Med. Ass ; Nebr. 

 State Med. Ass. Disinfection of rooms. 



Waite, M(erton) B(enway), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Plant path- 

 ology. Oregon, Ills, Jan. 23, 65. B.S, Illinois, 

 87. Asst. bot, Illinois, 87-88 ; asst. patholo- 

 gist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 88-01, pathologist in 

 charge of investigations of orchard fruits, 01- 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, G, 95) ; Soc. Plant Morph. and 

 Physiol; Soc. Hort. Sci; Wash. Biol. Soc; 

 Wash. Bot. Soc. Pear blight; pollination of 

 pomaceoiis fruits; diseases of orchard fruits. 

 Little peach and other peach diseases; fungi- 

 cides and methods of treating plant diseases. 



Wake, C(harles) Staniland, Field Columbian Mu- 

 seum, Chicago, Ills. Anthropology, Philosophy. 

 Kingston-upon-Hull, England, March 22, 35. 

 Hull Col, England, 41-48. Assoc, ed, ' Am. 

 Antiquarian.' British Ass. (mem. Gen. Com- 

 mittee) ; hon. assoc. British Soc. Psychical Re- 

 search ; Anthrop. Inst, of Gt. Britain and Ire. 

 (director, 71, mem. Council) ; British Folk-lore 

 Soc; London Anthrop. Soc; l'lnst. Psyehol. Int. 

 Ethnology; principles operative in man and na- 

 ture. Diagrammatic representation of prin- 

 ciples operative in nature and man; mythology 

 of aborigines of America. 



Wakeman, Dr. Alfred J(ohn), Greenwich, Conn. 

 Physiological chemistry. Greens Farms, Conn, 

 Feb. 8, 65. Ph.B, Yale, 87; Ph.D, Leipzig, 94. 

 Instr. chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 87-89; Sheffield 

 Sci. Sch, Yale, 92-95 ; physiol. chem. research in 

 private lab, New York. Physiol. Soc; Chem. 

 Soc. Physiological chemistry. 



Walcott, Dr. Cha(rle)s D(oolittle), 1743 22nd St, N. 

 W, Washington, D. C. * Paleontology, Geology. 

 New York Mills, N. Y, March 31, 50. Pub. 

 schools. Asst, N. Y. State Surv, 76; asst. geol- 

 ogist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 79, paleontologist. 88-93, 

 geologist, 93-94, director, 94~; sec'y, Carnegie 

 Inst, 02- Hon. curator, Dept. Paleont, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus, 92-97, 98-; acting asst. sec'y, 

 Smithsonian Inst, in charge U. S. Nat. Mus, 

 Jan, 97-July, 98. Bigsby medal, London Geol. 

 Soc; LL.D, Hamilton, 98 ; Chicago, 01 ; Hopkins, 

 02; Pennsylvania, 03. Nat. Acad; F.A.A. (v. 

 pres, 93) ; Soc. Nat; Geol. Soc; assoc. fel. Am. 

 Acad; Philos. Soc; Wash. Acad, (pres, 99-) ; 

 London Geol. Soc; for. mem. Acead. dei Lincei; 

 fel. Christiania Sci. Soc. Stratigraphy and 

 paleontology of the lower Paleozoic formations. 

 Sedimentation, stratigraphy and contained 

 faunas of the Cambrian formations. 



Walcott, Dr. H(enry) P(ickering), 11 Waterhouse 

 St, Cambridge, Mass. Medicine, Sanitary 

 science. Hopkinton, Mass, Dec. 23, 38. A.B, 

 Harvard, 58; M.D, Bowdoin, 61; Vienna and 

 Berlin, 62. Practising physician, Cambridge, 

 67-81; chairman, Mass. State Board of Health, 



