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Brown, Prof. W(ilbur) V(incent), Greencastle. 

 Ind. Astronomi/. Hope, N. J, March 27, 60 

 B.S, Stevens, SO, Ph.D, 89. Asst. prof, math 

 and astron, De Pauw, 85-95, prof, action, 94-96, 

 math, and astron. and director, observatory, 96- 

 Deterniination of longitude, Greencastle to St. 

 Louis; effect on eollimation of a tip in the object 

 glass; personal equation with single and double 

 line reticles; the oblique sections of the anchor 

 ring; use of a classified cabinet of weatlier maps 

 in improving weather forecasts. 



Brown, Prof. W(illia)m H(enry), Bureau of Sci- 

 ence, Manila, P. I. Botany. Richmond, Va, 

 Oct. G, 84. B.S, Richmond, 06 ; fellow, Hopkins, 

 09-10, Ph.D, 10. Scientific asst, U. S. Fisheries 

 Lab, Beaufort, N. C, 08; asst, Hopkins, 08-09; 

 desert lab, Carnegie Institution, 10; instr, Mich. 

 Agr. Col, and scientific asst, Exp. Sta, 10-11; 

 plant physiologist. Bur. Science, P. I, 11-: 

 assoe. prof, bot, Univ. Philippines, 15-19, prof, 

 and chief of dept, 19-: chief, div. investigation, 

 Bur. Forestry, P. I, 18- A. A; Bot. Soc; Eeol. 

 Soe. Ecology; forest products; life history of 

 dicotyledons; cytology of fungi; water relations 

 and movements of plants. 



Brovm, Dr. William S(tephen), Standard Under- 

 ground Cable Co, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electrical en- 

 gineering. Washington, D. C, Oct. 5, 91. E.E, 

 Rensselaer, 13 ; Ph.D, Hopkins, 16. Elec. en- 

 gineer, Standard Under grorind Cable Co, 17- 

 Elec. Eng. Corona in air at high potentials. 



Browne, Prof. Arthur Wesley, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, X. Y. *Chemistry. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 Nov. 24, 77. B.S, Wesleyan, 00, ' M.S, 01 ; 

 Ph.D, Cornell, 03. Instr. chem, Cornell, 03-06, 

 asst. prof, 06-10, prof, inorg. and anal, chem, 

 10- A.A; Chem. Soc. A thermostat sensitive 

 to one thousandth of a degree; synthetic analysis 

 in ternary systems: resistance of glass tubing 

 to bursting pressure ; hydronitric acid and the 

 inorganic trinitrids; effect of mechanical vibra- 

 tion upon carbon dioxid; oxidation of hydrazin; 

 electrolysis of potassium trinitrid; gas genera- 

 tors; the liydronitrogens and their derivatives; 

 electrolysis of liquid ammonia solutions; ni- 

 tridation; binary systems; hydrogen peroxide in 

 nature; gravitation and inorganic evolution. 



Browne, Dr. C(harles) A(lbert), 80 South St, 

 New York, X. Y. ^Agricidtural and sugar chem- 

 istry. North Adams, Mass, Aug. 12, 70. A.B, 

 Williams, 92, A.M, 96; Ph.D, Gottingen, 01. 

 Asst. chemist in commercial lab, N. Y. City, 

 92-94; instr. chem, Pa. State, 9.5-96; asst. 

 chemist, Pa. Exp. Sta, 96-02f chemist, La. 

 Sugar Exp. Sta, 02-06; chief, sugar lab, bur. 

 chem, U. S. Dept. Agr. 06-07; chemiat in charqe, 

 N. T. Sugar Trade Lab, 07- U. S. delegate. 

 Int. Cong. Applied Chem, Rome, 06; mem. Int. 

 Commission Methods of Sugar Anal. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. (asst. ed. 12-. chairman, sect, sugar 

 chem, 20-); Wash. Acad; N. Y. Chemists Club: 

 cor. mem. Ass. chim. de Sucr. et de Dist. de 

 France. Chemistry of butter-fat, apples, cider 

 and vinegar, sugar-cane and sugar, rice, carbo- 

 hydrates; chemical composition and analysis of 

 honey; polarimetry in sugar analysis; history of 

 chemistry and alchemy. 



Browne, Dr. Louise McDanell, 15 Clark St. Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. Physiological chemistry. Gallatin 

 Co, Ky, Feb. 16, 83. B.S, Nashville. 02; A.B, 



Stanford, 06; A.M, Columbia, 12; fellow, Balti- 

 more Ass. Prom. Univ. Educ. of Women, Yale, 

 15-17, Ph.D, 17. Teacher, high sch, Georgia. 

 02-03; pub. sch, Calif, 03-05, high sch, 06-11; 

 asst. prof, home econ. Wash. State, 12-13; Min- 

 nesota, 1.3-15; assoe. prof, Goucher, 17-lS. 

 A.A; Home Econ. Ass. Carbohydrate metabo- 

 lism. 



Browne, Prof. W(illia)m Hand, Jr, West Raleigh. 

 N. C. Electrical engineering. Baltimore Co, 

 Md, July 21, 68. A.B, Hopkins, 90, certificate 

 in elec. eng, 92. Eng. work, 92-96; instr. elec. 

 eng, Nebraska, 96-98; asst. prof, Illinois. 98- 

 02; technical ed, 'Elec. Rev,' 02-08; prof. 

 physics and elec. eng, N. C. Col. 08-18, elec. eng, 

 18- Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ; Electroehem. Soc; 

 Ilium. Eng. Soc. 



Browne, Prof. WUliam W(ard), College of the 

 City of New York, New York, N. Y. Bacteri- 

 ology. Providence. E. I, Dec. 10, 84. A.B, 

 Brown, 08, A.M, 09, Ph.D, 12. Instr. bacter, 

 Col. City of N. T, 12-17, asst. prof, 17- Bac- 

 teriologist, various city health departments; N. 

 Y, State Commission on Ventilation. A.A; Soc. 

 Nat; Soc. Pact; Pub. Health Ass; Soc. Exp. 

 Biol. Bacteria of intestinal tract, air, fish and 

 fish products. 



Browning, Prof. Philip 'ECmbury), Yale Univer- 

 sity, New Haven, Conn. ^'Chemistry. Rhine- 

 beck, N. Y, Sept. 9, 66. A.B, Yale, 89, Ph.D, 

 92; Munich, 93-94; Paris and Delft, 13-14. 

 Asst. chem, Yale, 89-93, instr, 94-98, asst. prof, 

 98- Mem. Am. Commission Inorg. Chem. 

 Nomenclature, 12; reviewer tech. literature on 

 rarer elements, Foote Mineral Co. A.A; Chem. 

 Soc. Analytical chemistry of the rarer ele- 

 ments; separation of the cerium earths; estima- 

 tion of vanadium, thallium, tellurium; extrac- 

 tion and separation of germanium, gallium, 

 indium, etc. 



Browning, Prof. William, 54 Lefferts Place, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. NeuroTogy, Anatomy. Nor- 

 wich, Conn, July 7, 55. Ph.B, Yale, 76 ; diploma 

 in anat, Pennsylvania, 78; M.D, Leipzig, 81. 

 Lecturer anat. and physiol. of nervous system, 

 L. I. Col. Eosp, 87-00, prof, neurol, 01- Neu- 

 rologist to 12 Brooklyn hospitals; ed, 'Neuro- 

 graphs. ' Commissioner inebriety, N. Y. City, 

 13-18. A.A; Neur. Ass; Ass. Anat; Ass. Med. 

 Librarians (pres, 17-19). Encranial circula- 

 tion ; medical history and libraries. 



Brownlee, Dr. R(oy) H(utchison), Benedum- 

 Trees Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. 

 Alexis, 111, Dec. 12, 76. A.B, Monmouth, 98; 

 Hopkins, 98; Ph.D, Chicago, 06. Prof. nat. sci- 

 ences. Occidental, 00-01; asst. chem, Chicago, 

 01-03; instr, Univ. of Chicago High Sch, 03-07; 

 chemist and asst. supt, paraffine works, Standard 

 Oil Co. of Ind, 07-12; fellow, Mellon Inst, and 

 prof, Pittsburgh, 12-14; pres, B. H. Brownlee 

 Lab, 14- Chem. Soc; Electroehem. Soc. Tech- 

 nical processes for oil and gas; chemical welding 

 and cutting of metals; petroleum refining. 



Brubaker, Prof. Albert P(hilson), 3426 Powelton 

 Ave, Philadelphia, Pa. Physiology. Somerset. 

 Pa, Aug. 12, 52. M.D, Jefferson Med. Col, 74. 

 Prof, physiol, Pa. Col. Dental Surg, 85-09; adj. 

 prof, physiol. and hygiene, Jefferson Med. Col, 

 96-09, prof, physiol. and med. juris, 09- Leo- 



