SCIENTIFIC NEWS AND NOTES 



Dr. Frank Baker, former superintendent of the Zoological Park and 

 a charter member of the Academy, died at his home, 1901 Biltmore 

 Street, on September 30, 1918, in his seventy-eighth year. Dr. Baker 

 was born at Pulaski, New York, August 22, 1841. He became profes- 

 sor of anatomy at Georgetown University in 1883, and superintendent 

 of the National Zoological Park in 1890, retiring from the superintend- 

 ency in 1916. He took an active part in the work of the scientific soci- 

 eties, having been secretary of the Academy for thirteen years (1899- 

 1911), and a member of the Anthropological, Biological, and Medical 

 Societies of Washington. He was president of the Association of Amer- 

 ican Anatomists in 1897, and editor of the American A7ithropologist 

 from 1891 to 1898. 



Prof. John T. Bates, formerly professor of Chemical Engineering 

 at Iowa State College, has come to the Bureau of Standards to work 

 on the capacity rating of track scales. 



Dr. Heber D. Curtis, of Lick Observatory, is engaged in military 

 work relating to optical instruments at the Bureau of Standards. 



Col. Bradley Dewey, of the Chemical Warfare Service, has been 

 transferred to the New York headquarters of the Service and is in 

 charge of its gas defense division. 



Prof. E. C. Franklin, of Stanford University, California, is on leave 

 of absence and is engaged in research work for the Nitrate Division, 

 Ordnance Department of the Army. 



Prof. W. S. Franklin, who has been engaged in investigation work 

 on aeronautical instruments at the Bureau of Standards during the sum- 

 mer, has returned to continue his teaching work at the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology. 



Prof. R. S. Johnston, formerly in charge of the Structural Materials 

 Laboratory at Lafayette College, has recently joined the staff of the 

 Bureau of Standards. 



Miss McDowell, Professor of Physics at Wellesley College, has 

 returned to continue her academic work. She has been engaged in 

 the investigation of crystal detectors for use in radiotelegraphy at the 

 Bureau of Standards during the sumitier. 



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