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]\rnninifi]s niid birds; zoological nomenclature; 

 bird language; nature bibliophily. 



Ehoads, Col. Thomas L(eidy), Surgeon General's 

 Office, Washington, D. C. Medicine. Boyertown, 

 Pa, April 10, 70. A.B, 91, M.D, Jefferson 

 Med. Col, 93. Asst. demonstrator surg. path, 

 Jefferson Med. Col, 94-98 ; asst. surgeon, TJ.S.N, 

 98; med. officer, U.S.A, 00- Chief surgeon, first 

 army, A.E.F, 18-19. Col. Surg; Ass. Mil. Surg. 

 The dysenteries; liver abscesses; lues; tracheo- 

 tomy; appendicitis and adnexal disease; frac- 

 tures. 



Rhodes, Dr. Fred H(ofmann), Morse Hall, Tthnca, 

 N. y. Chemistry. Rochester, Ind, June 30, 89. 

 A.B, Wabash, 10; Ph.D, Cornell, 14. Asst. Eng- 

 lish, Wabash, 09-10, math, 10; qual. anal, Cor- 

 nell, 10-12, research asst, 12-14; instr. chem, 

 Montana, 14-15; Cornell, 15-17; director re- 

 search, chem. dept, Barrett Co, 17-20; prof, 

 indust. chem, CorncU, 20- Chem. Soc; Chem. 

 Eng; N. Y. Chemists Club. Industrial chem- 

 istry of coal-tar crudes and intermediates. 



Rhodes, Prof. Robert C(linton), Emorv Univer- 

 sity, Ga. Bio'ogy. Magnolia, Ark, Oct. 12, 87. 

 A.JB, Henderson, 06; Vanderbilt, 07, A.M, 08; 

 Ph.D, California, 17. Instr, Mississippi, 08-10, 

 asst. prof, 10-12; prof, science, Henderson- 

 Brown, 12-15, V. pres. and dean, 12-14; asst. 

 zool, California, 15-17; prof, hiol, Emory, 18- 

 A.A; West. Soc. Nat. Protozoology; algology. 

 binary fission in Collodictyon triciliatum. 



Eicard, Prof. J(erome) (Sixths). T^nivn^itv of 

 Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Calif. Astronomy. 

 Plaisians, France, Jan. 21, 50. France; Turin; 

 Woodstock (Md) ; Santa Clara. Frof. math, 

 Santa Clara, 78-11, moral philos, 79-; director, 

 observatory, 00- Trustee, Santa Clara; ed, 

 'Sunspot.' A.A; Seismol. Soc. (board of di 

 rectors); Pacific Astron. Soc; Soc. astron. de 

 France; Soc. Beige d 'Astron; Soc. Astron. de 

 Mex. Origin of sun-spots and faculae. 



Rice, Arthur L(ouis), 537 S. Dearborn St, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Electrical and steam engineering. 

 Barre, Mass, May 14, 70. B.S.(M.E), Wor- 

 cester, 91, B.S.(E.E), 93; fellow, Cornell, 95- 

 96, M.M.E, 96. Instr. mech. eng, Worcester, 92- 

 95; head, dept. applied elec, Pratt Inst, 97-01; 

 assoc. ed, 'Engineer,' 02-03, ed, 03-08; 'Prac- 

 tical Engineer,' 08-17; ' Porver Plant Eng,' 17- 

 A.A; Mech. Eng. (asst. sec'y, 01-03); West. 

 Soc. Eng. Cylinder condensation in steam- 

 engines ; liquid air phenomena ; the economic 

 limits of superheating of steam ; steam pumps. 



Rice, Calvin W(lnsor), 29 W. r^Oth St. New York, 

 N. Y. Electrical engineering. Winchester, Mass, 

 Nov. 4. 68. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech. 90. A^st. 

 engineer, Thomson-Houston Elec. Co, 90-93 ; 

 Gen. Elec. Co, 93-95, dist. engineer, Cincin- 

 nati, 95; engineer. Anaconda Copper Mining 

 Co, 98-99; N. Y. Edison Co, 00-02; second v. 

 pres, Nernst Lamp Co. 03 ; engineer, Gen. Elec. 

 Co, N. Y, 03-06; sec'y, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng, 

 Oe- Elec. Eng. (v. pres, 03-05) ; Mech. Eng. 

 High voltage phenomena; long distance elec- 

 trical transmission of power. 



Rice, Dr. C(hauncy) B(rewster). 61 Huntington 

 St, New Haven, Conn. Experimental physics. 

 New Haven, March 14, 72. Ph.B, Yale, 94, 



Ph.D, 01. Elec. engineer, White, Crosby Co, 

 N. Y, 94-96; asst. phvsics, Sheffield Sei. Sch, 

 Yale, 96-01, instr, 02-04, applied elec, 05. 

 High frequency alternating currents; alternat- 

 ing current motors. 



Rice, Dr. David Edgar, E. and R. Special School, 

 Camp Grant, 111. J^si/rhologi/. Chnmbershnrg. Pa, 

 Oct. 13, 75. A.B, Pennsylvania Col, 96, A.M, 

 99; Ph.D, Columbia, 12. Exec, sec'y, Pratt 

 Inst, 10-18; head development specialist in test- 

 ing, war plans div, War Dept, 19- Education; 

 measurement and rating of educational and vo- 

 cational proficiency. 



Rice, Prof. Edward L(oraaius). 265 N. IMain St, 

 Delaware, Ohio. *Zoology. Middletown, Conn, 

 March 18, 71. A.B, Wesleyan, 92; Ph.D, 

 Munich, 95. Asst. zooJ, Wesleyan, 96; prof, 

 Allegheny, 96-98; Ohio Wesleyan, 98- Instr, 

 lake lab, Ohio State, 05, 06, 08, 09, 12. A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Ass. Anat; Ohio Acad. 

 Tprcs. 06, sec'y, 12-). Gill structure of lamelli- 

 branchs; comparative embryology of verte- 

 brate skull. 



Rice. E(dwin) W(ilbur), Jr, Schenectadv. N. Y. 

 *Electrical engineering. La Crosse, Wis, May 

 6, 62. A.M, Cent. High Sch, Phila, 85; hon. 

 A.M, Harvard, 03; hon, Sc.D, Union. Supt. 

 and later tech. director, Thomson-Houston Elec. 

 Co, 83-94; V. pres. Gen. Elec. Co, 94-13, pres, 

 13- Mem. Nat. Research Council ; Eng. Founda- 

 tion; Eng. Council. Chevalier Legion d'hon- 

 neur; Order of the Rising Sun with Cordon, 

 Japan, third class. A.A; Elec. Eng. (pres, 17); 

 Civil Eng; Ilium. Eng. Soc; British Inst. Elec. 

 Eng; British Inst. Civil Eng; British Iron and 

 Steel Inst. 



Rice, Prof. Frank E(lmore), r'ornell Fniversitv, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Chemistry. Cuba, Ind, July 31, 

 87. A.B, Indiana, 09; Ph.D, Cornell,' 14. 

 Asst. chem, Indiana, 08-09; asst, instr. and 

 later asst. prof, Cornell, 09- Asst. chemist, 

 Am. Steel and Wire Co, summer, 08; N. Y. 

 Exp. Sta, Geneva, summers, 10, 11 ; consulting 

 chemist. Nestle 's Food Co, 17- Chem. Soc. 

 Physiological chemistry; agricultural and food 

 chemistry; physical chemistry of soils. 



Rice, George S(amuel), IT. S. Bureau of Mines, 

 Washington, D. C. Mining engineering. Clare- 

 mont, N. H. Sept. 8, 66. E.M, Columbia, 87. 

 Mining engineer, 87-97 ; consulting mining engi- 

 neer, Chicago, 97-08; mining engineer, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv, 08-11 ; chief mining engineer, V . S. Bur. 

 Mines, 11- In charge of party of engineers to 

 investigate European mines, 11; Can. Commis- 

 sion on Turtle Mountain Rock Slide, 11; mem. 

 Commission to investi.eate post-war mining and 

 industrial conditions, France and Belgium. A.A ; 

 Min. Eng; Min. and Metal. Inst; Int. Conf. 

 Mine Exp. Stations (organizer and sec'y, 12-); 

 British Inst. Min. Eng. Prevention of coal 

 mine explosions. 



Rice, Commander H(erbert) L(ouis), V. S. Naval 

 Academy, Annapolis, Md. Mathematics. Chi- 

 cago, 111, Dec. 18. 69. Michigan, 88-91; B.S, 

 George Washington, 93, M.S, 94. Asst, 'Nau- 

 tical Almanac' Office, 92-02; asst. astronomer, 

 U. S. Naval Observatory, 02-07; prof, math, V. 

 S. Navy. 07- Instr. astron, George Washing- 

 ton, 94-97, prof, 97-04. 



