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

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11 TECHNIQUE Vol. XVIII i yj C . ' CCC- » i v r ' - ? . - ALFRED E. BURTON, S.B., M. Am. Soc. C.E., Professor of Topographical Engineering; Dean Bowdoin, ' 78; A K K, ' I ' 15 K. sSrLand Surveyor, 1878-79; Topographical Draughtsman and Topog- rapher on U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1879-82; Commissioner on Massachusetts Topographical Survey, 1895-1900; in charge of Scientific Expedition to Umanak, Greenland, summer of 1896; in charge of Eclipse Expedition to Washington, Georgia, May, 1900; in charge of Eclipse Expedition to Sumatra, 1901 ; Instructor in Topo- graphical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1882- 84; Assistant Professor, 1884-89; Associate Professor, 1889-96; Pro fessor from 1896; Dean in 1902. Author of several articles in Technology Quarterly, Review, etc. Residence, 58 Webster Street, West Newton DWIGHT PORTER, Ph.B., Am. Soc. C. E., Professor of Hydraulic Engineering. Yale S. S., ' 80; Berzelius Society. Special Agent, Tenth Census U. S., Report upon Water Power, 1880-83; Instructor in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1883-85; Instructor in Civil Engineering, 1885-87; As- sistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 1887-90; Associate Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1890-96; Professor from 1896. Author of Flood Discharge from Small Watersheds, Report upon a Sanitary Inspection of certain Tenement-house Districts of Boston, portions of Vols. XVI and XVII Tenth Census U. S., Reports on Water Power, Water Power Streams of Maine, in Nineteenth Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey, Notes on Stereotomy and Warped Surfaces, etc. Residence, 149 Hawthorne Street, Maiden HEINRICH 0. HOFMAN, E.M., Met.E., Ph.D., Professor of Metallurgy. E.M., Met.E., Prussian School of Mines, Clausthal, ' 77; Ph.D., Ohio University, ' 89. ■ Practicing Metallurgist, 1877-85; Private Assistant to Prof. R. H. Richards, and Lecturer on Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-88; Professor of Metallurgy and Assaying, Dakota School of Mines, 1887-89; Assistant Professor of Mining and Metal- lurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1889-91 ; Associate Professor of Mining and Metallurgy, 1891-98; Professor of Metal- lurgy, from 1898. Aiathor of Gold Milling in the Black Hills (18881, The Dry Assay of Tin Ores (18901, Recent Progress in the Treatment of Argentifer- ous Lead Ores 1892-19011; Metallurgical Lead Exhibits at the Co- lumbian Exposition (1893), Some Experiments on the Fusibility of Fire Clays (18951, Further Experiments on the Fusibility of Fire Clavs (18951 ; The Equipment of Mining and Metallurgical Laborato- ries (1896); The Production of Illuminating Gas and Coke in By- product Ovens (18981; Modification of Birchof ' s Method for Deter- mining the Fusibility of Fire Clays (1898) ; Influence of size of Parti- cles on Resistance of Fire Clays to Heat and Fluxes (18981; The Temperature at which certain Ferrous and Calcic Silicates are Formed in Fusion and the Effect upon these Temperatures of the Presence of Certain Metallic Oxides; and the Metallurgy of Lead and the Desilverization of Base Bullion (1893-1901); Aluminum as a Reducing and Heat-Producing Agent (19021; Encyclopedia Britan- nica Supplement, articles on Lead and on Silver (1902), etc. Residence, 88 Robinwood Avenue, Jamaica Plain

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J 904 TECH N I Q U E 21 D. DESPRADELLE, Rotch Professor of Architectural Design. Architect, D. P. L. G. »sr Received first promotion at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1882; many of the prizes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Institut de France; received diplomas from Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Societe centrale des Architects francais; took part in the Concours de Rome four times, and classed first with title of First Second Grand Prix in 1889; Laureat of the Institut de France; Laureat of the Salon, first medal in 1900, hors concours, purchased by the government of France; Officier d ' Academie; Officier de I ' Instruction publique; Assistant In- spector of State Buildings and National Palaces, and under this title helped in the Building of the New Ministry of Agriculture and Com- merce, National Library, Bank of France, the mansion of M. Wilson and M.Grevy (ex-Presidenti, and various other public and private edifices. Residence, 382 Commonwealth Avenue PETER SCHWAMB, S.B., Professor of Machine Design and Director of the Mechanical Laboratories. M. I. T., •78, II. »«rGraduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1878-79 ; Draughtsman, Howe Scale Co., Rutland, Vt., 1879-80; Draughtsman, Hinkley Locomotive Co., Boston, 1880-83; Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1883-84; Assistant Professor, 1884-88; As- sociate Professor, 1888-96; Professor of Mechanism, 1897; Professor of Machine Design, 1901. Author of Notes on the Elements of Mechanism (18851, Notes on Gearing {1888), etc. Residence, 27 Water Street, Arlington C. FRANK ALLEN, S.B., Am. Soc. C. E., Professor of Railroad Engineering. M. I. T., ' 72, I. »»■ Assistant Engineer, Providence Waterworks, 1872-73; Assistant Engineer, Providence Sewerage, 1873-75; Assistant Engineer, New- ton Waterworks, 1875-76; Engineer Inspector, Boston Sewerage, 1877; Assistant Engineer, Atchison, Topeka Sante Fe R. R., 1878- 80; Assistant Engineer, Mexican Central R. R., 1880; Chief Engineer, Las Vegas Waterworks, and general engineering, 1880; Assistant Engineer, Atchison, Topeka Sante Fe R. R., 1881-84; Secretary of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, 1895-97; President of Massachusetts Highway Association, 1898-99; President Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 1899-1900; Vice-President of Society for Promotion of Engineering Education, 1898-99; Member of Executive Committee, New England Railroad Club, 1899-1903; Member of Committee on Roadway of American Railway Engineer- ing and Maintenance of Way Association; .Admitted to Practice Law in the Courts of New Mexico, 1885, and of Massachusetts, 1901; Member of Committee of Publication Technology Review, 1899- 1901 ; Assistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-89; Associate Professor, 1889-96; Professor from 1896. Author of Measurement of the Angular Deflection of Beams Fixed at One End, Railroad Curves and Earthwork, Tables for Earthwork Computation, Railroad Engineering and Econo mics of Location, Roads and Road Building, Railroad Building with Reference to Econ- omy in Operating, articles in Engineering Record, Railroad Gazette Technology Quarterly, etc. Residence, Montview Street, West Roxbury y ii X y7 fii ru t ' -

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1904 TECHNIQUE 23 HENRY P. TALBOT, S.B., Ph.D., Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry. M. I. T., ' 85, V. S.B., M. I. T., ' 85; Ph.D., University of Leipzig, ' go. «■ Assistant in Analytical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1885-87; Instructor, 1887-88 and 1890-92; Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, 1892-95; Asso ciate Professor of Analytical Chemistry, 1895-98; iProfessor of Analytical Chemistry for 1898-1902; Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, 1902. Author of Ueber das Verhalten der Tiglinsaure und Angelicasaure gegen Bromwasserstoff und Jodwasserstoff (18901; Notes on the Action of Hybromic and Hydriodic Acids on Tiglic Acids (18911; An Index to the Literature of Angelic and Tiglic Acids from 1842 to 1892; Notes on the Properties of Hydrogen Pero.xide Solutions (with H. R. Moody) ; An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chem- ical Analysis (18971 ; A Bibliography of the Analytical Chemistry of Manganese (with John W. Browni (1902); The Recorded History of the Members of the Argus Group (1902) ; and other Chemical Papers. Residence, 273 Otis Street, West Newton ■y - .a ARTHUR A. NOYES, S.M., Ph.D., Professor of Theoretical Chemistry. M. L T., ' 86, V. S.M., M. L T., ' 87; Ph.D., Leipzig, ' 90. (T Assistant in Analytical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Techno logy, 1887-88; Instructor, 1890-94; Assistant Professor, 1894-97; Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1897-99; Pro- fessor of Theoretical and Organic Chemistry, 1899- 1902; Professor of Theoretical Chemistry from 1902. Author of A Detailed Course of Qualitative Analysis; of General Principles of Physical Science; of Laboratory Experiments on the Class Reactions and Identification of Organic Substances; and of fifty articles in scientific journals. Residence, 78 Westland Avenue, Bor.ton UiM i- u li rfS- A. RAMBEAU, Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languages. B.A., Wittenberg, 1871; Student at Halle, Marburg, and Paris, 1871-74, and, during different periods, after 1876; Ph.D., 1877, Licentiate, 1879, Marburg. »» Instructor in English, University of Marburg, 1878-79; Professor of French and English in several colleges, 1879-92; at last, in Ham- burg; Associate in Romance Languages, 1893-94, and Associate Professor of Romance Languages, 1894-99, Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, Baltimore; Professor of Modern Languages, Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, from 1899. Author of some articles upon Egypt and the East; literary and philological studies upon the Chanson de Roland, Chaucer and Dante, Adam de la Halle; a work upon Parisian pronunciation; edu- cational studies and books for the use of students and teachers; and a great number of articles in American and European philological journals; assistant editor of a linguistic pedagogic periodical. Residence, 5 F Walnut Park, Roxbury