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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Nashville, Tenn, Dee. 16, 57. Vanderbilt, 

 87 ; A.M, Pacific, 89. In charge, Vanderbilt 

 Univ. Observatory, 83-87 ; astronomer, Lick 

 Observatory, 87-95; prof, practical astron, 

 Chicago, and astronomer, Yerkes Observatory, 

 95- Mem. U. S. Naval Observatory Total 

 Eclipse Exped. to Sumatra, 01. Hon. Sc.D, Van- 

 derbilt, 93; Lalande gold medal, Paris Acad, 92, 

 Arago gold medal, 93, Janssen gold medal, 00; 

 gold medal, Royal Astron. Soc, 97. F.A.A. 

 (v. pres, 98) ; Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; 

 assoc. fel. Am. Acad; Philos. Soc; for. assoc. 

 and fel. Royal Astron. Soc; Soc. astron. de 

 France. Visual and photographic astronomy. 

 Star clusters; parallax; variable stars in 

 clusters; etc. 



Barnard, Prof. W(illia)m N(ichols), Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y. Mechanical engineering. 

 Canton, Ills, April 24, 75. M.E, Cornell, 97. 

 Instr. machine design, Cornell, 97-00; chief 

 draftsman, The Russell Engine Co, Massillon, 

 O, 01-03; asst. prof, machine design, Cornell, 

 03-05, power eng, 05- Mech. Eng. Machine 

 design; steam machinery. 



Barnes, Prof. C(harles) R(eid), University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, Ills. *Plant physiology. 

 Madison, Ind, Sept. 7, 58. A.B, Hanover, 77, 

 A.M, 80, Ph.D, 86; Harvard, 78-79, 85-86. 

 Instr. nat. science, High Sch. Lafayette, Ind, 

 80; Purdue, 80-82, prof, 82-85, bot. and geol, 

 85-87; bot, Wisconsin, 87-98; plant physiol, 

 Chicago, 98- Assoc, ed. and ed, ' Bot. Gazette,' 

 83-; mem. State Board Examiners, Wis, 93-96. 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, G-, 94, sec'y of Council, 95, gen. 

 sec'y, 96, v. pres, 99) ; Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc. 

 (sec'y, 94-98, pres, 03) ; Bot. Cent. States; 

 Wis. Acad ; Ind. Acad. Mosses of North Amer- 

 ica. Physiology of plants. 



Barnes, Prof. H(oward) T(urner), 327 Pine Ave, 

 Montreal, Can. Physics. Woburn, Mass, July 

 21, 73. B.A.S, McGill, 93, M.A.S, 96, Sc.D, 00. 

 Demonstrator physics, McGill, 95-98, lecturer, 

 00-01, asst. prof, 01- Mem. Board of Re- 

 viewers, ' Jour. Physical Chem.' Joule student- 

 ship, London Royal Soc. Physical Soc; Elec- 

 trochem. Soc; fel. Can. Royal Soc; Soc. de 

 Physique. Standards of electromotive force; 

 continuous electric calorimetry; specific heats 

 of water and mercury; density of ice. Varia- 

 tion of the specific heat of liquids with tempera- 

 ture ; critical velocity of liquids ; thermal and 

 electrical measurements; heating effect of 

 radium. 



Barnes, Dr. James, Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore, Md. Physics. Halifax, N. S, Dec. 

 11, 78. A.B, Dalhousie, 99, A.M, 00; fellow, 

 Hopkins, 03-04, Ph.D, 04. Instr. physics, Hop- 

 kins, 01f- Physical Soc. Electrical conductiv- 

 ity and freezing-points of mixtures of electro- 

 lytes; spectrum analysis. Determination of a 

 new standard table of wave-lengths of light. 



Barnett, Prof. S(amuel) J(ackson), Tulane Uni- 

 versity, New Orleans, La. *Physics. Kas, Dec. 

 14, 73. Chicago, 92-93 ; A.B, Denver, 94 ; Vir- 

 ginia, 96 ; fellow, Cornell, 96-98, Ph.D, 98. Instr. 



physics and biol, Denver, 94-95; asst, Astron. 

 Observatory, Virginia, 95-96, instr. astron, 96; 

 instr. and later prof, physics, Colorado, 98-00; 

 asst. prof, Stanford, 00-05; prof, Tulane, 05- 

 Magnetic observer, U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 

 02-04. Physical Soc. Experimental and 

 theoretical electricity; elasticity. Electrical dis- 

 placement developed in an insulator by its mo- 

 tion through a magnetic field ; unipolar induction. 



Barneveld, Prof. Cha(rle)s E(dwin) van, 905 Fifth 

 St, S.E, Minneapolis, Minn. Mining amd metal- 

 lurgical engineering. Doetinchem, Netherlands, 

 Nov. 26, 71. College Commercial, Boulogne; 

 Kings Col, Can; B.S, McGill, 91. Mining engi- 

 neer, 91-96; asst. prof, miner, and practical 

 metal, Ariz. Sch. Mines, 96-97 ; prof, mining 

 eng, Minnesota, and consulting mining engineer, 

 98- Min. Eng. Metal mining. 



Barnhart, Dr. John Hendley, 34 Windle Park, 



Tarrytown, N. Y. Botany. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 Oct. 4, 71. A.B, Wesleyan, 92, A.M, 93; M.D, 

 Columbia, 96. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Torrey Bot. 

 Club (editor-in-chief, 03-) ; N. Y. Bot. Gar- 

 den (ed. asst, 03-) ; Wash. Biol. Soc. Botan- 

 ical bibliography and nomenclature; taxonomy 

 of flowering plants. American Lentibularia- 

 ceae; local floras of North America. 



Barnum, Dr. Charlotte C(ynthia), Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey, Washington, D. C. Mathematics. 

 Phillipston," Mass, May 17, 60. A.B, Vassar, 

 81; Hopkins, 90-92; Ph.D, Yale, 95. Teacher, 

 Betts Acad, Stamford, Conn, 81-82; Hillhouse 

 High Sch, New Haven, 83, 85-86 ; computer, 

 Yale Observatory and ' Dana's Mineralogy,' 83- 

 87 ; teacher astron, Smith, 89-90 ; math, Carle- 

 ton, 95-96; computer, Mass. Mutual Life Ins. 

 Co, 98; Fidelity Mutual Life Ins. Co, Phila, 

 00-01 ; U. S. Naval Observatory, 01 ; Tidal Div, 

 U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 01- Asst. ed, 

 'Webster's Int. Diet,' 86-90, 97./ F.A.A; Math. 

 Soc. Functions having lines or surfaces of dis- 

 continuity. Tides and currents. 



Barr, Prof. Charles E(lisha), 111 Oswego St, 

 Albion, Mich. Zoology. Watertown, N. Y, 

 April 8, 60. A.B, Williams, 81, A.M, 87. Prof. 

 nat. science, Baldwin, 87-88; astron, Albion, 

 88-96, biol, 94- Pres, Bay View Summer Univ, 

 00- M.A.A; Mich. Acad, (pres, 01). Origin 

 and nature of sex. 



Barr, Prof. John H(enry), 113 Comstock Ave, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Machine design. Terre Haute, 

 Ind, June 19, 61. B.M.E, Minnesota, 83, 

 M.S, 88; M.M.E, Cornell, 89. Draftsman, 

 Calumet and Hecla Mining Co, 83-84; mech. 

 engineer, Lake Superior Iron Works, 84-85; 

 instr, later asst. prof, and prof. mech. eng, 

 Minnesota, 85-91; asst. prof, Cornell, 91-95, 

 assoc. prof, and prof, machine design, 95-03; 

 factory manager, Smith Premier Typewriter Co, 

 03- Mem. N. Y. State Commission on Voting 

 Machines, 03. F.A.A; Mech. Eng; Ass. Adv. 

 Tech. Edue. Proportions of steam-engines; 

 engine valve friction; compression in steam- 

 engines; kinematics of machinery. 



