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SCIENCE 



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able and difficult of control. But the outcome 

 of painstaking researcli is promising, both for 

 general psychological theory of the affective 

 processes, and also for our understanding of 

 behavior as influenced by music. 



For the Research Department, Thomas A. 

 Edison, Inc., 



W. V. Bingham 

 Carnegie Institute or Technology, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 October 13, 1920 



i 

 THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED' STATES 



The Bureau of the Census has announced 

 the population of the United States in 1920 as 

 105,683,108, exclusive of colonial possessions. 

 This shows an increase of 13,710,842 since 

 1910, or a percentage gain of 14.9. The in- 

 crease in the previous decade, between 1900 

 and 1910, was from 75,994,575 to 91,972,266, a 

 percentage gain of 21 and a numerical in- 

 crease of 15,977,691. The population of out- 

 lying possessions will be made public as soon 

 as the figures for Alaska and the military and 

 naval units abroad have been coiapiled. With 

 these figures included, it is estimated that the 

 colonies have 12,250,000 inhabitants, making 

 , the total population of the nation approxi- 

 mately 118,000,000. 



The ranking of the states in 1920 and 1910 

 and their populations for these years, follow: 



1920 



Rank State 1920 Pop, 



1— New York 10,384,144 



2 — Pennsylvania 8,720,159 



3— Illinois 6,485,098 



4— Ohio 5,759,368 



5 — Texas 4,661,027 



6 — Massachusetts . . . 3,851,615 



7 — Michigan 3,667,222 



8 — Missouri 3,463,547 



9— Oalif omia 3,426,536 



10— New Jersey 3,155,374 



11— Indiana 2,930,544 



12— Georgia 2,893,955 



13— Wisconsin 2,631,839 



14 — North Carolina. . 2,556,486 



15— Kentucky 2,416,013 



16— Iowa 2,403,630 



17 — Minnesota 2,386,316 



18— Alabama 2,347,255 



19— Tennessee 2,337,459 



20 — Virginia 2,306,361 



21— Oklahoma 2,027,564 



22— Louisiana 1,797,798 



23 — Mississippi 1,789,182 



24— Kansas 1,769,185 



25 — Arkansas 1,750,995 



26— South Carolina . . 1,683,662 



27— "West Virginia . . . 1,463,610 



28— Maryland 1,449,610 



29— Connecticut 1,380,385 



30— Washington 1,356,316 



31— Nebraska 1,295,502 



32— Colorado 930,376 



33— Florida 866,296 



34— Oregon 783,285 



35— Maine 767,996 



36— North Dakota . . . 645,730 



37— South Dakota . . . 635,839 



38— Rhode Island 604,379 



39— Montana 547,593 



40— Utah 449,446 



41 — New Ham^pshire . . 443,083 



42— Dist. of Columbia. 437,571 



43— Idaho 431,826 



44 — New Mexico 360,247 



45— Vermont 352,421 



46 — Arizona 333,273 



47 — Delaware 223,003 



48— Wyoming 194,402 



49— Nevada 77,407 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



The autumn meeting of the National 

 Academy of Sciences will be held in Prince- 

 ton on Monday and Tuesday, November 15 

 and 16. 



Dr. Haemon ISTorthrop Morse, professor of 

 chemistry and director of the chemical lab- 

 oratory at the Johns Hopkins University, has 

 died at his summer home on Chebeague 

 Island, Me. Dr. Morse was born at Cam- 

 bridge, Vt., in 1848, and became associate at 

 the Johns Hopkins University in 1876. 



King Albert of Belgium has conferred 

 upon Dr. W. W. Keen, of Philadelphia, the 

 honor of " Officer of the Order of the Crown." 



Mr. Arthur Gibson has been appointed 

 Dominion Entomologist, and head of the En- 

 tomological Branch of the Dominion Depart- 



