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agricole. Phila. Acad; Buffalo Acad; New 

 Eng. Bot. Club. Fungous diseases of plants; 

 'Gramineae. Philippine agriculture. 



Land, Dr. W(illiam) J(esse) G(oad), University 

 of Chicago, Chicago, Ills. Botany. Alton, Ind, 

 Dec. 2, 65. B.S, Chicago, 02, Ph.D, 04. Prin- 

 cipal, Rome Acad, Ind, 91-94; supt. schools, 

 Ashley, Ills, 95-01 ; asst. morph, Chicago, 02- 

 F.A.A. Nuclear fusions and fertilization in 

 plants; morphology of various gymnosperms. 

 Fertilization and embryogeny of Ephedra; mor- 

 phology of Tumboa and Gnetum. 



Landacre, Prof. F(rancis) L(eroy), Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, 0. Zoology. Columbus, 

 Feb. 13, 67. A.B, Ohio State, 93. Asst. zool. 

 and entom, Ohio State, 95-00, asst. prof, 00-02, 

 assoc. prof, 02- Prof, embryol, Ohio Med. 

 Univ, 96-04, histol. and embryoX 04- M.A.A; 

 Micros. Soc; Ohio Acad. Muscular and skel- 

 etal elements of Passalus corutus ; Protozoa of 

 Ohio. 



Landes, Prof. Henry, University Station, Seattle, 

 Wash. Geology. Carroll, Ind, Dec. 22, 67. 

 A.B, Indiana, 92; A.B, A.M, Harvard, 93; fel- 

 low, Chicago, 03-04. Prof, gecl, Washington 

 (Seattle), 95-; state geologist, Wash, 01- 

 Asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 92, 93; asst. to state 

 geologist, N. J, 93-94. F.A.A; Min. Eng. 

 The coal fields and clay deposits of Washington. 



Landis, Prof. W(illiam) W(eidman), 141 W. 

 Pomfret St, Carlisle, Pa. Mathematics. 

 Coatesville, Pa, Feb. 15, 69. Ph.B, Dickinson, 

 91, A.M, 94; Hopkins, 91-94. Student asst. 

 math, Hopkins, 92-94 ; prof, Thiel, 95 ; math, 

 and astron, Dickinson, 95- M.A.A; Math. 

 Soc. Method of defining the conies. 



Landreth, Prof. Olin H(enry), Union College, 

 Schenectady, N. Y. Civil engineering. Addi- 

 son, N. Y, July 21, 52. C.E, Union, 76, A.B, 

 77, A.M, 80. Asst. astronomer, Dudley Observa- 

 tory, Albany, N. Y, 77-79; prof, eng, Vander- 

 bilt, 79-94, dean, Eng. Dept, 86-94; prof, eng, 

 Union, 9'/- Consulting engineer, N. Y. State 

 Board of Health. 96-; mem. Advisory Commit- 

 tee, Eng. Cong, Chicago Expos, 93 ; N. Y. State 

 Flood Commission, 02-; N. Y. State Bay Pollu- 

 tion Commission, 03 ; consulting engineer to 

 various municipalities and corporations. Hon. 

 Sc.D, Union, 05. F.A.A. (sec'y, D, 02); Civil 

 Eng. (director, 93-96) ; Mech. Eng. (v. pres, 

 93) ; Eng. Educ. (mem. Council, 93-96, 01-04) ; 

 Pub. Health Ass ; Eng. Ass. of the South ( sec'y, 

 89-92); Eastern N. Y. Soc. Eng. (v. pres, 04, 

 pres, 05) ; Schenectady Tech. Ass. (v. pres, 95- 

 96, pres, 96-98). Technical training; hydraulic 

 and sanitary engineering. Administration for 

 engineeers; sanitary disposal of refuse matter; 

 stream pollution prevention and sewage disposal. 



Lane, Dr. Alfred C(hurch), 408 Grand St, S, 

 Lansing, Mich. * Geology. Boston, Mass, 

 Jan. 29, 63. A.B, Harvard, 83; Heidelberg, 

 85-87; Ph.D, Harvard. 88. Instr. math, Har- 

 vard, 83-S5; with U. S. Geol. Surv, 88-89; pe- 

 trographer, Mich. Geol. Surv, 89-92; asst. state 

 geologist, Mich, 92-99, state geologist, 99- 



Teacher geol, Mich. Col. Mines, 89-92. F.A.A; 

 Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; Mich. Acad, (pres, 05) ; 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Lake Superior Min. Inst. 

 Petrographical geology; theory of heat in its 

 geological applications. Grain of igneous rocks; 

 economic geology and stratigraphic correlations 

 of Michigan. 



Lane, Prof. W(ilmot) B(urkemar), Lynchburg, 

 Va. Psychology, Philosophy. Perth, Ont, 

 Dec. 13, 72. A.B, Toronto, 93, A.M, 94, Col. 

 Pedag, 94; Victoria, 95; Toronto, 95-97; fellow, 

 Wisconsin, 97-99, Ph.D, 99; Cornell, 99-00. 

 Asst. psychol, Wisconsin, 97-99; prof, psychol. 

 and philos, Mt. Union, 00-02; philos. and pedag, 

 Randolph-Macon, 02- Asst. exp. psychol, Sum- 

 mer Sch, Cornell, 00 ; examiner philos, etc, To- 

 ronto, 96-97. S. Soc. Philos. and Psychol. 

 Color contrast; mental fatigue. 



Lang, Prof. W(illiam) R(obert), University of 

 Toronto^ Toronto, Can. Chemistry. Lanark 

 Co, Scotland. B.S, Glasgow, 90, Sc.D, 99. 

 Asst. chem, Glasgow, 90-96, lecturer, 96-00; 

 prof, and director, Dept. Chem, Toronto, 00- 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust. (first chairman, 

 Can. Sect.) ; Can. Inst; fel. Inst. Chem. of Gt. 

 Britain and Ireland; fel. London Chem. Soc; 

 Glasgow Royal Philos. Soc; Soc. Franco-Ecos- 

 saise. Explosives ; low temperature phenomena ; 

 ammoniacal compounds; inorganic chemistry; 

 chemical industries of Canada. 



Langdon, Dr. F(rank) W(arren), 5 Garfield Place, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. Neurology, Medicine. Cin- 

 cinnati, Dec. 16, 52. M.D, Miami Med. Col, 

 81; London, 95. Demonstrator anat, Miami 

 Med. Col, 81-84, prof, 84-95, nervous and mental 

 diseases, 96-; lecturer neur, Med. Dept, Cincin- 

 nati and neurologist, Cincinnati Eosp. Medical 

 director, Cincinnati Sanitarium for Nervous 

 and Mental Diseases, 03- Am. Med. Ass. (chair- 

 man, Sect. Nervous and Mental Diseases, 02- 

 03) ; Neur. Ass; Medico-Psychol. Ass; Ohio 

 Med. Soc; Cincinnati Acad. Med; Cincinnati 

 Soc. Med. Research; cor. mem. N. Y. Linnean 

 Soc; Boston Zool. Soc; hon. mem. Brooklyn 

 Neur. Soc; Meadville (Pa.) Soc. Nat. Hist; 

 Neur. Soc. of United Kingdom. Anthropology; 

 the nervous system; psychology. 



Langenbeck, Karl, 1434 Q St, Washington, D. C. 

 *Chemistry, Ceramics. Cincinnati, O, Oct. 7, 61. 

 Col. of Pharmacy, Cincinnati, 82; Polytech, 

 Zurich, 83; Charlotte nburg, 84. Supt, Rook- 

 wood Pottery Co, Cincinnati, 86; prof, chem, 

 Miami Med. Col, 88-90; chemist, Am. Encaustic 

 Tiling Co, 90-93; manager, Mosaic Tile Co, 

 Zanesville, O, and N. Y. City, 94-04; Ceramic 

 Lab, Washington, O'f- F.A.A; Chem. Soc. 

 Difference between glass and pottery glazes; 

 aventurin glazes; chemical character of Amer- 

 ican pottery glazes; kiln constructions and 

 foundations. Fire clays of the United States. 



Langley, Prof. John W(illiams), 2037 Geddes Ave, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Chemical and electrical engi- 

 neering. Boston, Mass, Oct. 21, 41. B.S, Har- 

 vard, 61 ; Ph.D, Michigan, 89. Asst. prof, 

 math, U. S. Naval Acad, 69-71; prof, chem, 



