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subject. He paid special attention to the subject of the polhition of 

 streams by wool-washings, and made a careful study of this prol)leni 

 at Bradford, England, where a greater amount of wool is washed 

 annually than in any other city in England or in this country. 



He was employed as an expert in numerous cases reganhng the 

 pollution of streams and ponds, and was one of the experts in the case 

 of the pollution of the Mississippi Ri\er at St. Louis by the sewage 

 of Chicago. In 1903 he was appointed consulting chemist of tlie 

 Connecticut Sewage Commission, a position which he retained up to 

 the time of his death. He was a frequent contributor to scientific 

 periodicals and the proceedings of learned societies upon topics relating 

 to his specialty. 



In 1910 in collaboration with Professor C. E. A. Winslow, of the 

 jMassachusetts Institute of Technology, and Mr. R. Winthrop Pratt, 

 of the Ohio State Board of Health, he published a book entitled 

 "Sewage Disposal" which is considered to be one of the best treatises 

 on the subject of sewage disposal in the English language. 



Professor Kinnicutt's reputation was not confined to this country. 

 He enjoyed a wide acquaintance, both in England and on the conti- 

 nent, and possessed the rare faculty of keeping ever fresh and active 

 a friendship once established. One of his highest honors was the 

 appointment as president of the Section of Hygiene of the Inter- 

 national Congress of Applied Chemistry, which was held in Washing- 

 ton and Xew York in September, 1912. Even to within a few days of 

 his death he continued to work with characteristic zeal in perfecting 

 plans for the success of the section over which he was to have presided. 

 Professor Kinnicutt was deeply interested in the sanitary problems 

 of his native city, Worcester. He kept a careful watch upon the 

 city's water supply. During the "water famine" of the winter of 

 1910 to 1911 he directed from his sick bed the tests to be made, had 

 daily reports brought to him and outlined the policy by which, in his 

 opinion, the city's health might be best safeguarded. 



He devoted a great deal of time and money to secure a pure milk 

 supply in summer for the babies in needy families, and at the time of 

 his death he was a member of the Worcester Medical ]\Iilk Commis- 

 sion. Professor Kinnicutt was widely connected with scientific associ- 

 ations ; he was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts anrl Sciences, 

 an active member of the C. M. Warren Committee from its foundation 

 in 1893 and its chairman from 1903 to his death; a fellow of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, of which he 

 was vice-president in 1904; a member of the American Chemical 

 Society, and councillor for a succession of years; a member of the 



