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Co, 02-05; consulting engineer, U. S. and Nica- 

 ragua Co, and chief engineer. Great Central Ey. 

 of Nicaragua, 05-07; consulting and chief engi- 

 neer, Sumas Develop. Co, B. C, 08-09; consult- 

 ing engineer, Hatzic Eeclamation, 09-10 ; Castle 

 Neck Ipswich, Ma^s, and reclamation and gen- 

 eral practise, 10- U. S. deputy surveyor, 80-00; 

 asst. engineer, Fla. Ship Canal Surv, 83; com- 

 missioner, Nicaragua Canal Co. to Nicaragua 

 Govt, 89; engineer for various corporations, 

 canals and railroads; consulting engineer, La 

 Laz and Los Angeles mines, Nicaragua, C. A. 

 A. A; Civil Eng; Mil. Eng; Ass. Eng; Cleveland 

 Eng. Soc. Isthmian canals; archeology; agri- 

 cultural engineering and tropical agriculture; 

 economic geology; woods of Central America; 

 medicinal plants; anti-teredo woods in sea 

 water; rainfall; temperature; magnetic declina- 

 tions. 



Le Clerc, Dr. J(oseph) Artliur, Miner-Hillard 

 Milling Co, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Chemistry. 

 Ware, Mass. B.S, Worcester, 95; Ph.D, Halle, 

 03. Asst. chemist, Sewage Purification Works, 

 Worcester, Mass, 95; N. Y. Exp, Sta,, Geneva, 

 95-01 ; physiol. chemist, bur. chem, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 03-19; chief chemist, Miner-Hillard Mill- 

 ing Co, 19- Jury awards, Paris Expos, 00; 

 La. Purchase Expos, 04; Panama-Pacific Expos, 

 15; Chevalier du Merite agi-icole, 07. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. (see'y, Wash, sect, 07-10, pres, 12) ; 

 Soc. Agron; Soc. Milling and Baking Tech. 

 (sec'y, 12-19); Wash. Acad; Wash. Bot. Soc. 

 Chemistry and physiology of plants; cereal 

 chemistry. 



LeConte, Prof. Joseph N(isTDet), 19 Hillside 

 Court, Berkelev, Calif. Mechanical engineering. 

 Oakland, Calif, Feb. 7, 70, B.S, California, 91; 

 M.M.E, Cornell, 92. Instr. mech. eng, Califor- 

 nia, 92-00, prof, 00- Mech. Eng. Experimental 

 and applied mechanics; exploration of Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains; experimental hydraulics. 



LeConte, Dr, Robert G(rier), 2000 Spruce St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Surgery. Long Branch, N, J, 

 July 17, 65. A.B, Pennsylvania, 85, M.D, 88. 

 Ees. physician. Pa. Hosp, 88-50; surgeon, Meth- 

 odist Hosp, 94; asst. surgeon. Pa. Nat. Guard, 

 94-98; asst. surgeon and ensign, U. S. Navy, 

 98; surgeon gen. Pa, 03; adj. prof, surg, Penn- 

 sylvania, 03; surgeon, Pa. Hosp, 00-; Bryn 

 Mawr Hosp, 02-; consulting surgeon, German- 

 town Hosp, 04- ; Gynecean Hosp, 07- Trustee, 

 Pennsylvania; Children's Hosp; commander, 

 M.C, IT.S.N. A.A; Surg. Ass; Soc. Clin. Surg; 

 Am. Med. Ass; Phila. Zool. Soc; Phila. Acad. 

 Surg; Phila. Col. Physicians. 



LeCount, Dr. E(dwin) E(aymond), 6026 Monroe 

 Ave, Chicago, 111. * Pathology. Fond du Lac, 

 Wis, April 1, 68. Carroll, 87-88; M.D, Eush 

 Med. Col, 92; Hopkins Hosp, 93-94; Pasteur 

 Inst, Paris, 96; Berlin, 05. Eesident, Cook Co. 

 Hosp, 92, 93; prof, path, Eush Med. Col, Chi- 

 cago, 92- Attending pathologist, Cook Co, Pres- 

 byterian, St. Luke, St. Elizabeth and St. An- 

 thony's Hospitals. A.A; Ass. Path, and Bact, 

 (past pres) ; Ass. Cancer Research (past pres) ; 

 Soc. Bact; Am. Med. Ass. Pathology; the rela- 

 tionship between tumors and chronic inflamma- 

 tion; carcinoma of the Fallopian tubes; * Plim- 

 mer's bodies'; hnnphoma; hypernephroma; 



Christian Fenger as pathologist; focal necrosis 

 in tuberculosis; tuberculosis of the mammary 

 gland; cholesterin giant-cells; aneurisms of the 

 heart; primary carcinoma of the lung; the role 

 of endothelioma in inflammation; cirrhosis of 

 the liver; the inhibition of hemolysis by 

 cholesterin; the amino-acids of feathers; para- 

 thyroid infection with purpura hemorrhagica; 

 systematic blastomycosis; blastomycotic lesions 

 of the central nervous system; fibrino-purulent 

 blastomycotic meningitis; secondary introtho- 

 racic osteosarcomas; Eoeky Mountain spotted 

 fever; fat embolism; the causes of coma; influ- 

 enzal pneumonia; heat stroke; fracture of the 

 cranial bones and concomitant brain injury; 

 edema of the brain. 



Lederle, Dr. Ernst J(oseph), Stamford, Conn. 

 Sanitary engineering. Staten Island, N, Y, 

 June 30, 65. Ph.B, Columbia, 86, Ph.D, 95, hon. 

 Sc.D, 05. Chemist, Dept. Health, N, Y, City, 

 90-02, commissioner, 02-04; N. Y. State Water 

 Supply Commissioner, 05-10; commissioner of 

 health, N. Y. City, 10-14. Chem. Soc; Soc. 

 Chem. Indust. [Died March 7, 21.] 



Ledoux, Dr, Albert R(eid), 99 John St, New 

 York, N, Y. Chemistry, Metallurgy. Newport, 

 Ky. Nov. 2, 52, Sch. of mines, Columbia, 70-73; 

 Berlin, 73-75; Ph.D, Gottingen, 75; hon. M.S, 

 North Carolina, 81. State chemist, N. C, 77- 

 80; consulting expert, N. Y. City Board of Elec, 

 Control, 89-90; consulting engineer to several 

 mining companies, 80- Pres, and director, min- 

 ing and mfg, companies. A.A; Chem. Soc; Min. 

 Eng. (pres. v, pres, 20) ; Flee. Eng; Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; fel. N. Y. Acad; Can. Min. Inst. Cost 

 and method of treatment of ores of copper, 

 nickel, etc. 



Ledyard, Edgar M(adison), Newhouse Building, 

 Salt Lake City, Utah. Agronomy, Entomology. 

 Salem, Mich, May 10, 75. B.S, Univ. Philip- 

 pines, 13 ; M.S, California, 15. Principal and 

 supt, pub. schools, Perrinton, Durand and Ster- 

 ling, Mich, 97-04; head, dept. science, high sch, 

 Surigao, P, I, 04-05; Bulacan, 05-06; Manila, 

 06-08; dept. zool. and entom, col. agr, Univ. 

 Philippines, 09-14, acting dean, 12-13 ; director, 

 agr. dept, TJ. S. Smelt, Eef, and Min. Co. and 

 various other smelting companies, 15- Lecturer 

 zool, Santo Tomas, Manila, P. I, 07-08 ; scientific 

 asst, 'Albatross,' 08-09; in charge insect collec- 

 tions, Michigan, 11-12; consulting agriculturist, 

 Amalgamated Sugar Co, 18-19. A.A; Ass. 

 Econ. Entom; Soc. Agron; Ass. Sugar Beet Agr. 

 Animal life of the Philippines; beans; lung 

 worms in Angora goats; effect of smelting on 

 agricultural conditions; geographic distribution 

 of animals. 



Lee, Prof. Burton James, 128 E, 73d St, New 

 York, N. Y. Surgery. New Haven, Conn, Feb. 

 4, 74, Ph.B, Yale, 94; M.D, Columbia, 98, Clin, 

 prof, surg, med. col, Cornell, IS- Surg. Ass; 

 Col. Surg. Surgical pathology. 



Lee, Charles Hj(amilton), 2845 Forest Ave, Berk- 

 eley, Calif. Civil engineering. Oakland, Calif, 

 Feb. 1, 83. B.S, California, 05. Asst. engineer, 

 Los Angeles Aqueduct Bur, 07-12; consulting 

 hydraulic engineer, 12-17; pres. and exec, mem, 

 Calif. State Water Commission, 19- Lieut, and 

 capt, E.C, A.E.F, 17-19, Calif, State Water 



