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06; field geologist, N. Y. Geol. Surv, 07- A.A; 

 Geol. Soc; Am. Acad. Pre-Cambrian geology of 

 New York ; petrology. 



Miller, Prof. W(illiam) Lash, 50 St. Alban St, 

 Toronto, Can. Physical chemistry. Gait, Ont, 

 Sept. 10, 66. B.A, Toronto, 87, fellow, 90; 

 Berlin, 87-S9; Gottingen, 89; Ph.D, Munich, 

 90; Leipzig, 92. Demonstrator chem, Toronto. 

 91-99, assoc. prof, physical chem, 00-07, prof, 

 08- Mem. board of reviewers, 'Jour. Physical 

 Chem,' 96-, assoc. ed, 10- A.A. (chairman, C, 

 13) ; Chem. Soc. (chairman, sect, physical chem, 

 06, assoc. ed, 'Jour,' 13-); Soc. Chem. Indust. 

 (chairman. Can. sect, 10) ; Electrochem. Soc. 

 (pres, 12); hon. mem. Electroplaters Ass; 

 Wash. Acad; Royal Soc. Can. (pres, sect. Ill, 

 08 ) ; Can. Inst. Chem ; London Chem. Soc. 

 Chemical kinetics; electrochemistry; bacteri- 

 cidal action of phenol solutions containing salts ; 

 electrolysis with alternating and interrupted cur- 

 rent ; rates of reaction to test kinetic theory and 

 catalysis theories. 



Miller, Prof. W(illiam) S(now), University of 

 Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. *" Anatomy, Bistolociy. 

 Stirling, Mass, March 29, 58. M.D, Yale, 79; 

 fellow, Clark, 90-92; Leipzig, 95-96; fellow, 

 Hopkins, 05-06; Sc.D, Cincinnati, 20. Patholo- 

 gist, City Hosp. and Mem. Hosp, Worcester. 

 Mass, 89-92; instr. vert, anat, Wisconsin, 92- 

 95, asst. prof, 95-04, assoc. prof, anat, 04-16, 

 prof, 16- Lecturer, Mt. Holyoke, 89; med, 

 Hopkins, 18-19; mem. ed. board, 'Anat. Record.' 

 A.A; Soc. Nat; Ass. Anat. (v. pres, 09); Soc. 

 Zool; Am. Med. Ass; Wis. Acad. Anatomy and 

 histology of the lungs; anatomical relations of 

 a tubercle; medical history and biography. 



Miller, Dr. W(ima)m Tyler, 1209 S. Crenshaw 

 Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. Horticulture. 

 King William Co, Va, Nov. 14, 69. A.B, Michi- 

 gan, 92; A.M, Cornell, 97, Ph.D, 99. Assoc, ed, 

 'Cyc. of Am. Hort,' 99-02; mem. ed. staff, 

 'Country Life in America,' 01-12; ed, 'Garden 

 Magazine,' 05-12. Asst. prof, landscape archit. 

 Illinois, 12-16. Asst, Cornell Exp. Sta, sum- 

 mers, 96-98. Botany of cultivated plants; land- 

 scape architecture. 



Millikan, Prof. Robert A(ndrews), University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. *Physics. Morrison,"^ 111, 

 March 22, 68. A.B, Oberlin, 91, A.M, 92, Sc.D, 

 11; fellow, Columbia, 93, Ph.D, 95, Sc.D, 17; 

 Berlin and Gottingen, 95-96; Sc.D, Northwest- 

 ern, 13; Pennsylvania, 14; Amherst, 17. Asst, 

 instr. and asst. prof, physics, Chicago, 02-07, 

 assoc. prof, 07-10, prof, 10- Joint ed, 'Univ. 

 Chicago Science Series,' 15-; Hitchcock lecturer, 

 California, 17; Clark lecturer, Amherst, 17; v. 

 chairman, Nat. Research Council, 16-; lieut. col. 

 and chief, science and research div, Sig. C, 17- 

 19 ; Comstock prize, Nat. Acad, 13. Int. Solvay 

 Cong, Brussels, 21. Nat. Acad, (ed, 'Proceed- 

 ings,' 15-); A.A. (v. pres, 11); Physical Soc. 

 (pres, 16-18, assoc. ed, 'Review,' 03-16); 

 Philos. Soc; Am. Acad; hon. mem. Royal Inst; 

 Soc. Batave de Philos. Exp. a Rotterdam. 

 Polarization of light from incandescent surfaces; 

 variation of dielectric constants with frequen- 

 cies; effect of temperature on photo-electric dis- 

 charge; the charge on the negative ion in gases; 

 absorption of X-rays; isolation of an ion and a 



direct study of its properties; discharge poten- 

 tials in high vacua; velocities of electrons dis- 

 charged from metals under the influence of ultra- 

 violet light; photo-electric determination of 

 Planck's 'h'; exact values of e, n and related 

 constants; Brewnian movement in gases; vis- 

 cosity coefficients of gases; contact E.M.F; 

 valency in gaseous ionization; extension of ultra- 

 violet spectrum; laws of reflection of gas mole- 

 cules; X-rays from light atoms. 



Millis, Col. John, U. S. A, Chief Engineer's 

 Office, Washington, D. C. Physics, Engineering. 

 Wheatland, Mich, Dec. 31, 58. Grad, U. S. Mil. 

 Acad, 81. All grades from second lieut. to col, 

 corps engineers, 81- Mem. board of examiners, 

 Elec. Expos, Phila, 84; U. S. Lighthouse Board, 

 94-98. Nat. delegate, Congresses Navig, Elec. 

 and Physics, Paris, 00. A.A; Physical Soc; 

 Civil Eng; Soc. de Physique; Ass. Navig. Con- 

 gresses. Gravitation and general physical 

 theory; illumination; geology of the glacial 

 period; river and harbor works. 



Mills, Prof. Cha(rle)s K(arsner), 1909 Chestnut 

 St, Philadelphia, Pa. Neurology. Falls of 

 Schuylkill, Pa, Dec. 4, 45. Cent. High Sch, 

 Phila, 60-64; M.D, Pennsylvania, 69, Ph.D, 71, 

 LL.D, 16. Prof, diseases of the mind and nerv- 

 ous system, Phila. Polyclinic, 83-98 ; mental dis- 

 eases and med. juris, Pennsylvania, 93-01, clin. 

 prof, nervous diseases, 01-03, prof, neur, 03-15, 

 emer. prof, 15- Clin. prof, nervous diseases. 

 Women's Med. Col. of Pa, 91-02. Neur. Ass. 

 (pres, 86) ; Am. Med. Ass. (chairman, sect, nerv- 

 ous and mental diseases, 93); Medico-Psychol. 

 Ass; Phila. Neur. Soc. (pres, 93, 14); Royal 

 Soc. Med; cor. mem. Gesell. Nervenarzte; Soc. 

 de Neur. de Paris; Phila. Col. Physicians. The 

 nervous system and its diseases; diseases of the 

 lirain and cranial nerves. 



Mills, Prof. C Clifford) N(ewton), 114 N. Wash- 

 ington St, Tiffin, Ohio. Mathematics. Carlos 

 City, Indi Aug, 86. B.S, Franklin, 10; A.M, 

 Indiana, 14. Prof, math. Highland. 10-13 ; asst. 

 prof, S. Dak. Col, 14-19; prof. Heidelberg, ID- 

 Math. Soc. Applied mechanics. 



Mills, Prof. J(ames) E(dward), University of 

 South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. *Chemistry. 

 Winnsboro, S. C, April 30, 76. A.B, Davidson, 

 96, A.M, 00; Ph.D, North Carolina, 01. Asst. 

 chem, North Carolina, 00-01, instr, 01-03, assoc. 

 prof, 04-10; lecturer, South Carolina, 10-13, 

 prof, 13- Capt, corps engineers, 17, C.W.S. 18, 

 major, 18. A.A; Chem. Soc; Electrochem. Soc; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust. Molecular attraction; heats 

 of vaporization of liquids; molecular attraction; 

 specific heats. 



Mills, John, Wyoming, N. J. Electrical engi- 

 neering. Chicago, 111, April 13, SO. A.B, Chi- 

 cago, 01, fellow, 02-03; fellow, Nebraska, 03-04, 

 A.M, 04; B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 09. Instr. phys- 

 ics. Western Reserve, 03-07; drawing, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 07-09; prof, physics and elec. eng. 

 Colo. Col, 09-11 ; in eng. dept, Am. Telephone 

 and Telegraph Co, 11-15; research dept. West. 

 Elec. Co, 16- Physical Soc; Elec. Eng; Radio 

 Eng. Eleetrooptics; telephone transmission; 

 radio communication. 



