Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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1904 TECHNIQUE J7 ROBERT H. RICHARDS, S.B., Professor of Mining Engi- neering and Metallurgy. M. I. T., ' 68, III. «» Assistant in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1868-69; Instructor in Assaying and Qualitative Analysis, 1869-70; Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, 1870-71; Professor of Mineralogy and Assaying, in charge of the Mining and Metallurgical Laboratories, 1871-72; Professor of Mining Engineering, 1873-84; Secretary of the Faculty, 1878-83; Professor of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, from 1884; President of the M. I. T. Alumni Asso- ciation, 1873-76; President of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1886-87. Residence, 32 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain WILLIAM H. NILES, S.B., Pli.B., A.M., Professor of Geol- ogy and Geography, Emeritus. »r Professor of Physical Geography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1871; Professor of Geology and Geography, Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, from 1878; Lecturer on Geology, Wel- lesley College, 1882; Professor of Geology, Wellesley College, 1888; President of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1892-97; Presi- dent of the Appalachian Mountain Club, 1898. Author of Agency of Glaciers in the Excavation of Valleys and Lake Basins, Zones of Physical Features of Mountains, Some Ex- pansions, Movements and Fractures of Rocks, observed at Monson, Mass. The Causes of the Recent Floods in Germany (1887), etc. ' li-iU ,y ' A6. .-„ Residence, Copley Square Hotel, Boston C ■ ' CHARLES R. CROSS, S.B., Thayer Professor of Physics and Director of the Rogers Laboratory. M. I. T., ' 70, Sci. and Lit. Course. Instructor in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1870-71; Assistant Professor of Physics, 1871-75; Professor of Physics from 1875, in charge of Department of Physics from 1877; in charge of Course in Electrical Engineering from its establishment in 1882 till 1902. Author of many original scientific papers on electricity, acoustics, and other branches of physics, published chiefly in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Residence, Upland Road, Erookline

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VC.v ' . CX i:.- U .-. HENRY SMITH PRITCHETT, Ph.D., LL.D., President. Ph.D., Munich; LL.D., Hamilton, University of Pennsyl- vania, Harvard University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins; A.B. and A.M., Pritchett College. »srPresident of the Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology; Made Assistant Professor in the Naval Observatory, Wash- ington, 1878; Astronomer in Morrison Observatory, Glasgow, Mo., 1880; Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Wash- ington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1881; Assistant Astronomer on Transit of Venus Commission, 1882; Professor of Astronomy in Washington University, 1884; Elected President of the Academy of Science, St. Louis, 1892; Made a Ph.D. in Munich. i8p, ' 5: Chosen Superintendent of the U. S. r,. and C. Survey, 1897; President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1900. Report on Observations of the Total Eclipse of July 29, 1878; Determination of the Rotation Period of Jupiter from Observations of the Great Red Spot; Observations of the Satellites of Mars; Observations of Conjunctions of the Satellites of Saturn; A De- termination of the Mass of Mars; A Determination of the Diame- ter of Mars from Micrometric Observations, with a Discussion of Systematic Errors; Ephemeris of the Satellites of Mars; Observa- tions of Comets; Determination of the Longitude of the Mexican National Observatory; The Transit of Mercury, 1891 ; Report of Washington Universitv Eclipse Expedition; The Solar Carona of 1889 with Discussions of the Photographs 1 illustrated ) ; Report on the Determination of Latitude and Longitude Morrison Observatory; A Formula for Predicting the Population of the United States; Ob- servations of Double Stars and Personal Equation in Double Star Measure ; Eclipses of Saturn ' s Satellites and Their Use in Determining the Planet ' s Diameter (with tablesi ; Personal Equation in Time Ob- servations; List of Observations of Double Stars, Comets and Small Planets in the Ast. Nachrichten, and a large number of publications in various Government Reports containing the results of Latitude, Longitude and Gravity determinations. Meridian Circle Observations, etc.; A Plan for an International Arc of the Meridian. Residence, 9 Roseland Street GEORGE A. OSBORNE, S.B., Walker Professor of Mathe- matics. Harvard S.S., ' 60. «rAssistant Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy, 1861- 6s; Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, from 1866; Secretary of Faculty, 1868-71; Walker Professor of Mathematics, from 1902. Author of Examples in Differential Equations (i886 . Differential and Integral Calculus (iSqi), etc. Residence, 249 Berkeley Street

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18 TECHNIQUE Vol. XVIII y i«-(t- oCc GAETANO LANZA, C.E., Professor of Theoretical and Ap- plied Mechanics; in charge of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. «r Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1871-72; As- sistant Professor, 1872-75; Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from 1875; also in charge of Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1883. Author of Applied Mechanics (i885 , and of many papers in Transactions American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Proceed- ings Society of Arts, Proceedings British Institution of Civil Engineers, Technology Quarterly, etc. Notes on Mechanical Engineering( 18861. Notes on Friction (18871, etc. Residence, 22 West Cedar Street GEORGE F. SWAIN, S.B., M. Am. Soc. C. E., Hayward Professor of Civil Engineering. M. I. T., ' 77, I. «rStudent in Germany, 1877-80; Expert on Tenth U.S. Census, 1880-83; Instiuctor in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1881-83; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 1883-87; Associate Professor, 1887-88; Professor from 1888; Engi- neer of Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners from 1887; Member Boston Transit Commission since 1894; ex-President Boston Society of Civil Engineers; ex-President of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education; Director American Society of Civil Engi- neers, 1901-04. Author of Report on Water Power of Atlantic Slope, Notes on Hydraulics and on Theory of Structures, numerous reports on Rail- road Bridges, Brake Equipment and other subjects, in the reports of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission, and many papers on Engi- neering subjects, published in the Transactions of American Society Civil Engineers, Proceedings New England Water Works Association, Technology Quarterly, Proceedings Society Arts, Journal Franklin Institute, Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, etc. Residence, 435 Marlboro Street r Jc FRANCIS W. CHANDLER, H. M. Am. Inst. Arch., Professor of Architecture. HfWith Messrs. Ware Van Brimt, Architects, 1864-66; Student in Paris, 1866-68; Assistant with Professor Ware at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1869; Assistant Supervising Architect at Washington, 1870-73; in partnership with Mr. E. C. Cabot of Bos- ton, 1873-88; Professor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1888; Advisory Architect to the Mayor of the City of Boston since 1896; Member of Art Commission, City of Boston; Honorary Member of American Institute of Architecture. Author of A Few Hints About Drainage 1 18881, Construction Details (1892 ' , Notes on Limes, Cements, Mortars and Concretes (18921; editor of Municipal Architecture in Boston (1898), etc. Residence, 195 Marlboro Street