• History of Science Society

NEWSLETTER

Volume IV, Number 4 November 1975

The Newsletter of the History of Science Society is published in February, May, August, and November, with supplements as necessary containing job information. Regular issues are sent free to individual members . Supplements are sent automatically to about ninety h i story of science departments and individuals, and will be sent to others on request. Non-members may subscribe to the Newsletter for $5.00 per year.

Please send all news items, written as concisely as possible, to the Secretary of the Society, or . Roger H. stuewer, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of ~1innesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. The deadline for receipt of news for the February issue is January 20, and THIS lULL BE THE ONLY CALL FOR NEWS THAT WILL BE ISSUED .

1975 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HSS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA (DECEMBER 28- 30)

The HSS will hold its 1975 Annual Meeting with the American His t orical Association in Atlanta , Georgia, December 28-30 . The Chairman of the Program Committee is Profes sor Michael R. ~lcVaugh, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. The Local Arrangements Chairman is Professor Robert H. Silliman , Department of History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 . The pre-registration form, hotel reservation form, and f inal pr ogram appear below . All program participants requiring audio- visual equipment, please contact Professor Silliman immediately, stating your needs .

HOUSING ARRANGEI1ENTS AND TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR THE 1975 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HSS

Participants in the 1975 annual meeting of the HSS will be staying at the Holiday Inn Downtown , 175 Piedmont Ave . N. E., Atlanta, Geor gia 30303 (phone 404-659-2727). Individuals who have a pressing need for cheap accomodations and who are unabl e to arrange for the sharing of a double or triple room at the Holiday Inn Downtown should write t o the l ocal arrangements chairman, Profes sor Robert H. Silliman, Department of History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, as soon as possible . Reservation requests directed to the Holiday Inn Downtown should also be sent in without delay . For those partic ipants traveling by air, limousine service is available from the Atlanta (Hartsfield) Airport at a cost of $2 .50 . Those coming by car should take I 85-75 and exit at Cain Street if approaching from the south, at Courtland if approaching from the north.

9:00 AM, Holiday Room 1 l'lork in Progress I

Chai~an: To be determined Noah E. Fehl (Nashville,

Tenn.) : "Tsou Yen, the Chinese Aristotle?"

Frank Egerton (1-lisconsin-­Parkside) : "Aristotle as a Founder of Population Biology"

Asger Aaboe (Yale) : "Remarks on the Charactet" of Ptolemy's Almagest"

K.E.O. Kupperman (Cambridge University): "English Anthropology and America, 1583- 1640"

John Nicholas (Western Ontario) : "Newton's Cartesian Second Law"

Joseph Chillington (Harvard) : "The Education of a Scots Newtonian: Colin NacLaurin 's Gradu­ation Theses of 1713"

Terence Murphy (Chicago) : "Jean-Baptiste Robinet: Vitalism and Natural History during the French Enlightenment"

Shirley Roe (Harvard) : "Caspar Friedrich Wolff's Epigenetic Theory of Embryological Develop-ment"

John Ellis (Ohio) : "John Ellis: 18th Century Naturalist and Crown Agent to West Florida"

1:30 PM, Holiday Room 1 The History of t1athernatics

Chairman: Joseph 1~. Dauben (Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY)

Wilbur Knorr (New School of Liberal Arts, Brooklyn College, CUNY): "The Impact of ~lodern Mathematics Upon Ancient Mathematics"

Winifred L. Wisan (New School of Liberal Arts, Brooklyn College , CUNY): "Galilee's Mathematical Method: A Reassessment"

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1975 HSS ANNUAL ~mETING PROGRAM

Sunday, December 28

9:00 Al-l, Holiday Room 2 9:00 AM, Trophy Room Natural History in the Early Work in Progress by Historians Nineteenth Century of Science, Technology, and

Chairman: Phillip R. Sloan Medicine in the South (Notre Dame) Chairman: Bruce s. Eastwood

Dov Ospovat (Nebraska) : "Perfect (Kentucky) Adaptation, the History of the James R. Shaw (Tennessee): Earth , and the History of Life, "Borelli ' s Theory of 1830-1850" Generation"

Paul Lawrence Farber (Oregon David F . Channell (Texas, Dallas): State) : "Types of Types" "Science and the Development of

Muriel Blaisdell (Harvard) : Engineering Education in the "Natural Theology and University of Glasgow" Nature ' s Disguises" Eric Christianson (Kentucky):

Joseph Schiller (Paris, France) : "The Potential of Collective "Biology: the Word and its Biography as a Research Tool in Meaning" the Study of Colonial American

l~dicine"

1 : 30 PM, Holiday Room 2 Astronomy in the Americas

Co-chairmen: Arthur L. Norberg (California, Berkeley)

Norriss S . Hetherington (Kansas , Lawrence)

Richa.rd A. Jarrell (York University): "The Birth of Canadian Astrophysics: J.S. Plaskett at the Dominion Observatory"

James E. Brittain (Georgia Institute of Technology): "From Eli Whitney to Werner von Braun: Reflections on the Histo~ of Technology in the South"

Organizational meeting for a Southern Regional Group for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

1 : 30PM, Trophy Room The Scientific Periphery

Chairman: Charles C. Gillispie (Princeton)

B.J . T. Dobbs (Northwestern) : "The Role of Alchemy in the 17th­Century Scientific Revolution"

Arnold Thackray (Pennsylvania): "An Anniversary Postscript: The American Scientific Elite and the Uses of History"

Seymour Mouskopf (Duke) : "Parapsychology and Professional Psychology, 1934-30"

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Sunday, December 28, 1 : 30PM (cont . )

Kenneth R. Manning ( tassachusetts Institute of Technology) : "The Concept of Rigor in the History of Mathematics"

Esther R. Phillips (Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY): "Russian Mathematics in the 19th Century: Origins of the Noscow School"

Gregory H. ~1oore (Toronto): "Attempted Solutions to Cdntor's Continuum Problem"

Steven Cooper (Princeton) : "Tastes and Techniques Among Astron­omers: J . s. Plaskett at the Dominion Observatory"

Sharon L. Gibbs (National Archives and Records Service) : "Mesoamerican Astronomy?"

John E. Hodge (Greensboro College): "The Development of the Argentine National Observatory: Seven Decades of Inter-American Cooperation"

6:00 PM, Holiday Room 3-4 COCKTAIL PARTY

7:45 PH, Vintage Room EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ~lEETING

9: 00 A!-1, Holiday Room 1 The Social Context of Twentieth-Century Physics

Chair~: Robert H. Kargon (Johns Hopkins)

Lewis Pyenson (Universit~ de l1ontreal) and Douglas Skopp (State University College, Plattsburgh, N. Y.) : "Making It in Wilhelmian Physics : a Comparative Statistical Exploration"

Jud1th Goodstein (California Institute of Technology) : "Facism and the Physicists: the Accademia del Lyncei and the Italian State"

Lawrence Badash (California , Santa Barbara) : "Physicists and the Commissars: Kapitsa, Sakharov and the Soviet Union"

Monday, December 29

9 :00 AM, Holiday Room 2 1</ork in Progress II

Chairman: Joe D. Burchfield (Northern Illinois University)

Theron Cole, Jr. (Ithaca, N.Y.): "Dalton's Atomism Versus Berzelius ' Laws of Chemical Proportion, 1810-1818"

Alan J. Rocke (Nisconsin) : "A Note on the Use of Atomic ar.d Equivalent Weights in the Nineteenth Century"

Susan Sheets-Pyenson (Pennsylvani~ "Popular Science in Paris and London, 1820-1875"

Paul A. Erickson (Saint Mary's University): "Phrenology and Physical Anthropology: the George Combe Connection"

~chael J . Crowe (Notre Dame): "William 1</hewell and the Plurality of Worlds Controversy"

Patrick S. Cross (Oklahoma) : "The Scientific Community of Dublin in the Early Nineteenth Century"

John Sevier (SUNY, Old Westbury): "The Mid-Victorian Physicists: Identification of a Social Group"

Walter E. Gross (LaGuardia Community College, CUNY): "The American Philosophical Society and the Growth of Astronomy in the United States in the Mid- Nineteenth Century"

9:00 AM , Trophy Room Roundtable Discussion: How is the History of Technology Being Used in Teaching the History of Science?

Chairman: Nathan Sivin , (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for the Committee on Undergraduate Education)

Open discussion: those present will be encouraged to participate by sharing their own experience.

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Monday, December 29, 9:00AM (cont.)

Helena M. Pycior (Wayne State) "William Rowan Hamil ton's l~ork on the Complex Numbers"

12:00 PM, Holiday Room 3-4 LUNCHEON BANQUET

1:00 PH, Holiday Room 3-4 BUSINESS MEETING

1:00 PN, Stewart Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel

Analogy Versus Identity in the Historical Study of Values (Jointly with AHA)

Harold Issadore Sharlin (Iowa State) : "Herbert Spencer and Scientism"

Joseph F. Wall (Grinnell College) : "Social Darwinism and Consti­tutional Law"

Commentator: David Hollinger (SUNY, Buffalo)

2: 15 PH, Holiday Room 1 Work in Progress III

Chairman : Frederic L. Holmes (Western Ontario)

Rachel Laudan (Carnegie-Hellon) : "The Reception of Lyellian Geology in France and Germany"

Ralph w. Dexter (Kent State): "F. w. Putnam and the Indian on the State Seal of Hassachusetts"

Ronald L. Numbers (Wisconsin) : "Bryan's Geologists : George ~lcCready Price and the Fundamentalist Controversy"

Diana Long Hall (Boston) : "The Oestrous and Menstrual Cycles: Variations on a Theme"

11erriley Borell (Yale) : "From Dynamogenesis t o Hormonal Control: the Search for Internal Secretations"

I. Dorothea Raack (Boston) : "The Upheaval of a Department: the Arrival of Herbert HcLean Evans in Berkeley"

2:15 PN, Holiday Room 2 Philosophy and Natural Philosophy: The Dynamics of Scientific Change from 1650 to 1790

Chairman: Robert E. Schofield (Case Western Reserve)

Nancy Cartwright (Stanford): "Glanvill: Under-labourer for the Mechanical Philosophy"

Peter Machamer (Ohio State) : "Conceptus Scientiae"

James E. McGuire (Pittsburgh): "Newton and the Bucket Experiment: Dynamics in Absolute Space"

Laurens Laudan (Pittsburgh) : "The Epistemology of Subtle Fluids"

5:00 PM, Holiday Room 3 WOMEN'S CAUCUS: PLANNING SESSION OPEN TO ALL HSS MEMBERS

8:00PM, Holiday Room 1- 2 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY Wayne Gruner (National Science Foundation) Helen Gee (National Institutes of Health) Theodore 14. Brown (City College, CUNY) Richard s . Westfall (Indiana) Ronald Overmann (National Science Foundation)

9 :00 AM, Holiday Room 1 Work in Progress IV

Chairman: Elizabeth Garber (SUNY, Stony Brook)

Ivan Zabilka (Kentucky) : "The Development of Methods for Determining Stallar and Galacti c Distance Since 1870"

Martin Curd (Pittsburgh) : "Boltzmann and the Dialectic of Atomism"

Tuesday, December 30

9:00AM, Holiday Room 2 Popular Science and its Audience in Early Victorian Britain

Chairman: J. N. Hays (Loyola, Chicago):

"Popular Science and Popular Technology"

T. M. Parssinen (Temple): .. Mesmerism"

Commentator: Charles Rosenberg (Pennsylvania)

9 :00 AM, Trophy Room Problems in the Transition to Early Modern Science

Chairman: Thomas B. Settle (Brooklyn Polytechnic

William Wallace (Catholic University): "Galilee and the Doctores Parisienses: Favaro's Critique of the Duhern 'l'hesi s"

Maurice Finocchiaro (Nevada-­Las Vegas) : "On the Structure of Galileo"s Dialogue"

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Tuesday , December 30, 9:00 (cont . )

Thaddeus J. Trenn (University of Regensburg): "The Parent of Thorium"

Bruce R. 1-.'heaton (Princeton): "The. Electromagnetic Pulse Theory of X-Rays, 1896-1907: a Temporal Discontinuity"

Joan Bromberg (lolaryland) : "The Structure of Light: Bohr ' ., Views ca. 1930"

Yakov Rabkin (Universite de Hontreal) : "Studies on Che mical Composition o f Petroleum and the Evol~tion of Organized Research in the United Sta .. e sn

Lill~an Hoddeson (Rutgers) : "The Beginning of Solid­State Physics at the Bell Telephone Laboratories 1940-1947"

Daniel Serwer (Princeton) : "The Biological Effects o f Ionizing Radiation: Scientific Discovery and I nternational Response, 1896-1940"

Kenne t h Thibodeau (~lat~onal Archives) : "Sources for the History o f Contemporary Science"

Sigalia Dostrovsky (Columbia) : "Mersenne and the ~lusical Origin of Acoustics"

Pierce C. Mullen (~bntana State) : "The Centrality of the Concept of Momentum in Descartes' Traite de Lumiere"

AHA SESSIONS OF POSSI BLE INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY

~bnday, December 29, 9 :30 AM York Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel

Science and Woman Chairman: Everett Mendelsohn (Harvard) Haryanne Cline Horowitz (Occidental College J :

"Aristotle's Biology , A Source for Medieval and Renaissance Views of Woman"

Carolyn Iltis (San Francisco) : "Harvey and Bacon: Views of Nature and the Female during the Scientific Revolution"

Commentators: Marilyn Arthur (Brooklyn College , CUNY)

Joan Cadden (Harvard)

Tuesday, December 30, 9:30AM Tara Room, Mariotte Hotel

The Party and the Professors Chairman : Karl A. Schleunes (North Carolina,

Greensboro) Reece C. Kelly (Fort Lewis College ): "National

Socialism and German University Professors-­an Overview"

Alan o . aeyerchen (U.S. Army): "National Socialism and German University Professors-­the Physics Community"

Commentators : Sanford L. Segal (Rochester) Wi l liams. Allen (SUNY, Buffalo)

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HSS COMMITTEE ON WO!o!EN IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Anyone interested in improving the status of women in our profession, and are coming to the Atlanta meeting of HSS, please plan to attend the Women's Cau7us. o~ londay , December 29, at 5:00 P.H. in room 3 of the Holiday Inn . The Caucus l.S l.rnpc..'•·tant because it provides the primary means whereby the HSS Committee on Women in the ll tory of Science can plan activities based on the interests and needs of the members of the Society . If you wi l l not be attending the Atlanta meeting, please send any suggestions you may have to the chairperson of the committee, Joan N. Warnow, Associate ~irector, Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45 Street , New York, New York 10017.

A relevant AHA session at the Atlanta meeting, "Science and Woman," • 11 be held at 9:30A.M., on Monday, December 29. The program includes papers by Carolyn Iltis , "Harvey and Bacon: Views of Nature and the Female in the Scientific Revolution," and Haryanne Cline Horowitz, "Aristotle's Biology, a Source for l'.edieval and Renai,;sance Views of Moman." Everett Mendelsohn will serve as chairperson and Joan Cadden and ~~rilyn Arthur as commentators.

1976 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HSS IN PHILADELPHIA (DECEMBER 28-30)

The HSS will hold its 1976 Annual Meeting together with the Society ror the History of ~chnology (SHOT) in Philadelphia, December 28-30. The Chairman of the Program Committee is Professor Alan E. Shapiro, School of Physics and Astronomy, Un~vtr~ity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. The Chairman of the Local Arrangenen ts Committee is Professor Robert E. Kohl er, Jr . , Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174. This ~eting represents the first joint meeting of the HSS and SHOT, and program suggestions, including suggestions for joint HSS- SHOT sessions, should be sent to Professor Shapiro as soon as possible .

XVth INTEfu~ATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE (EDINBURGH, AUGUST 10-19, 1977)

The XVth International Congress of the History of Science will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 10-19, 1977. The first circular announcing preliminary arrangements for this Congress and associated activities within the United Kingdom will be widely distributed in March 1976. To this will be added a reply slip, which must be returned 1.f fur~h~r communications are desired. Copies of this first circular, and public notic~s advert1.s1.ng ~he Congress , will be supplied on request by the Honorary secretary, Dr· Enc G. Forbes, Hl.story Department, University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EHB 9JY, Scotland.

SYHPOSIUM ON PHILOSOPHICAL MEDICAL ETHICS (FARI-UNGTON, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER 11-13, 1975)

Th~ U~iv~rsity of Connecticut School of ~~dicine has announced that the Third Tran&-DJ.scl.pll.nary ~~sium .. on. Philosophy and ~~edicine, "Philosophical Medical EthJ.CS; Its Nature and.SignJ.fJ.cance, wJ.ll convene December 11- 13, 1975, at the Keller Auditorl.um of the U~ivers1~y o: Connecticut Health Center, Farmington . The program, composed of Sl.X sesslons, wJ.ll l.nclude as principal speakers: Roderick Chisholm (Brown)' R. M. Hare (Oxford~ • Albert Jonson (University of California, San Francisco) , Marvin Kohl (FredonJ.a, New York), Alasdair ~~clntyre (Boston), Sidney Morgenbesser (Columbia), Jos~ph ~ens (Pontifical Institute, Toronto), and Bernard Towers (University of CalJ.fornJ.a, Los Angeles) . The Symposium will be held with the support of The societY for Hea~th and Human Values, The Franklin J. Matchette Foundation of New York and The ~~vers1.~y of Connecticut Research Foundation. Program announcements and add~tional l.n_orrna~J.on may be obtained from Stuart Spieker, Department of community ~~dicine ~l.V~~s1.~y of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032 or H. Tris~ram B

ge bar t, Jr.' Institute for the Hedical Humanities, University of Texas Medical ranc , Galveston 77550.

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PRE-REGISTRATION FOru~

1975 HSS ANNUAL MEETING, ATLANTA, GEORGIA (DECEMBER 28-30)

Name

Affiliation or

Mal.ling Address

______ Enclosed is $5.00 registration fee (s tudents $2.00).

______ Also enclosed, $6.28 for luncheon on t-londay, December 29.

Checks should be made out to the History of Science Society and mailed together ~~th th~s form to Isis Editorial Office, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.

HOTEL RESERVATION FOru~ 19 75 HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY lffiETING, ATLANTA, DECEMBER 28- 30

Please send the completed form to: Reservationist , Holiday Inn Downtown, Atlanta, Geor\lia 30 303.

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Address

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l person 2 persons 3 persons

double bed

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I will s t ay the f ollowing nights: Dec. 27

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a pe d f d 1 1 d $ to the HSS Endowment Fund , to be rmanent en owment un , p e ge -------

paid during the years 1974-1976 as follows :

$ ________ per annum 1974-1976 s herewith enclosed -----~~~e checks payable to History of Science Society - Endowment Fund . )

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HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY BALLOT 1975

The biographical information has been e xcerpted from the 1974 Directory of Members and is i n no case complete . Please return this Ballot immediately, but not later than December 10 , 1975 , to the Secretary, Dr . Roger H. Stuewer, School of Physics and Astronomy, Uni versity of Minnesota, ~1inneapolis 55455 , by simply folding and mailing this page .

I . COUNCIL TERJol EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 1978 (Vote for l person in each pair)

___ Garland E. Allen, Department of Biology, Washington University, St . Louis. Harvard Ph.D. 1966 . l9-20c biology .

___ Ruth Schwartz Cowan , Department of History, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Johns Hopkins Ph.D. 1969. Biology , technology and social change.

Vo t e for l out of 2

___ Theodore M. Brown, Center for Biomedical Education, City College of CUNY, New York. Princeton Ph . D. 1968 . l7-l9c biology and medicine.

___ Nathan Sivin, Technology Studies Program, ~I.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Ph.D. 1966 . Far Eastern Science.

Vote for 1 out of 2

___ Be rt Hansen, Department o f History , State University of New York at Binghamton. Princeton Ph .D. 1974. Medieval and Renaissance science .

RobertS. 1·1estman, Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles . Michigan Ph . D. 1971. Renaissance history, philosophy and sociology of science .

Voto for l out of 2

___ El aine Koppelman, Department of Mathematics , Goucher College , Towson , ~laryland . Johns Hopkins Ph . D. 1969. 19c his tory and philosophy of mathematics.

___ Uta C. Merzbach, Division of Physical Science , Museum of History and Technology , Smithsonian Institution, t~ashington. Harvard Ph.D. 1965 . 1-!odern mathematics and mathematical instruments .

Vot e fo r 1 out of 2

___ Camille Limoges, Institute of History and Sociopolitics of Science, University of Hontreal. university of Paris doctor at . Theory of evolution , ecology.

___ Arnold Thackray, Department of History and Sociology of Science , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Cambridge Ph.D. 1966. Historiography, chemistry, sociology of scientific knowledge.

II. NOMINATING COMMITTEE, TER!-1 EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 1976 (Vote for 1 person in each pair)

___ Asger Aaboe, Department of History of Science and ~~dicine, Yale University. Ph.D. 1957. Ancient mathematics and astronomy .

Brown

___ Lawrence Badash, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara. Yale Ph.D. 1964. 19-20c physical science.

Vote for l out of 2

_Joan Cadden, Department of History of Science , Harvard University . Indiana Ph.D. 1971. Ancient and medieval science, biology .

_ ~largaret w. Rossiter , Department of History , University of California, Berkeley . Yale Ph. D. 1971 . American science, chemistry.

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Vote for 1 out of 2

Judith v. Grabiner, Small College, California State University, Dominiquez Hills. Harvard Ph .D. 1966. History and philosophy of mathematics.

Jane M. Oppenheimer , Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College. Yale Ph.D. 1935 . Embryology, from point of view of history of ideas.

Vote for 1 out of 2

Bern Dibner, Burndy Library, Norwalk, Connecticut. Polytechnic Institute of New York. DEng. he 1959. Electricity and magnetism, bibliography of science nd technology.

David c. Lindberg, Department of History of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Indiana Ph.D. 1965. Science and natural philosophy to 1700; physical science .

Vote for 1 out of 2

___ F. Larry Holmes, Department of History of Medicine and Science, University of Western Ontario. Harvard Ph .D. 1962. Biology, science in the 19c.

__ Barbara Rosenkrantz, Department of History of science, 1970. Social history of health sciences.

Harvard University.

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QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING PROGRAM PROCEDURES FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL 1-IEETINGS

Introduct i on: Surely one of the most important functions of the History of Science Society is our annual meeting. In an effort to increase the value and attractiveness of the program of the annual meetings, a committee has been established to draw up guide­lines for f uture program chairpersons. The committee is composed of Professors Frederick B. Churchil l (Indiana), Allen G. Debus (Chicago), June z. Fullmer (Ohio State) and Michael J. Crowe (Notre Dame) , chairperson. The committee is seeking information from other societies as to their program procedures, but above all wishes to solicit the views of the members of the HSS. Please help us in so doing by filling out the questionnaire below which has been prepared by the committee . Please return it immediately, but not later than December 10, 1975, to Professor Michael J. Crowe, Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556.

l. A characteristic feature of HSS meetings has been a nwnber of "work in progress" sess~ons consi sting of short (c. 15 min.) papers. Some comparable societies do not use this for'lat , perhaps because it diminishes quality control. Should the number of "work i n progrnss" s essions be (circle one):

I ncreased Decreased Kept the same Eliminated

Comments :

2 . In general, regular sessions (not IUP sessions) in the annual program can be organized by having the program committee either (l) designate topics and organizers of these sessi ons ; or (2) by selecting from proposals for sessions made by members of the society: or (3) by a combination of these methods . Circle the method which best describes your preferences:

(l) Program committee initiates sessions

(2 ) Program committee seeks and selects among proposals

(3) Program committee initiates half, seeks and selects half.

Comment s :

3 . Lis t ed below are a number of types of sessions which have appeared in previous progr ar.$ or could be initiated for future programs . Please rate each in terms of its speci fic int erest to you by circling the letters (a= very interested, f =not interested).

His toriographi c sessions

Book r e view sessions

a b c d f

a b c d f

Sociology of science sessions a b c d f

History of mathematics sessions a b c d f

Philos ophy of science sessions a b c d f

History of t echnology sessions a b c d f

Comments:

History of medicine sessions a b c d f

Undergraduate teaching sessions a b c d f

State of the profession sessions a b c d f

Anniversary (e.g., of some figure or discover~ sessions a b c d f

Film preview sessions a b c d f

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4• Please rank the following four types of se ssions by placing a n~mber (1 - first choice, 2, 3, 4 - last choice) next to each.

Period (e . g., 18th century science)

Discipline (e.g., biology, chemistry

Comments:

Theme (e.g., a sci entist, revolutions, French sci ence)

~lethod (e. g ., cliometrics, pyschohistory)

s. Listed below are a number of criticisms which have been made or could be made h lf d d 0 So Please place a check of the programs at our meetings over the past a - ec a e r ·

in the column which best expresses your views. Strongly St ly rong

Agree Agree Dinaqrec Disaqree

a. Too few of the leaders in the H of s have spoken at our meetings.

b. Too many of the leaders in the H of S have spoken at our meetings.

c. Our individual sessions have been too heavily attended.

d. Too few speakers who are not historians of science have been invited to speak.

e. There has been too much history of technology.

f. There have been too many "internalist" papers .

g. There have been too many "externalist" papers.

h. There has been too much philosophy of science.

i. The papers have tended to be overly complex . -j. The papers have tended to be too elementary .

k. Historiography of science has received undue ecphasis.

l. Insufficient time for discussion has been availabl e. -m. The call for papers was not adequately publicized. -n . There have been too many papers of low or marginal

quality. I -Comments:

6. Frequently program chairpersons have been confronted with the necesity of llY choosing between goals, both of which are desirable but which are to some extent mutua exclusive . Listed below are a number of such goals; please circle the item from each pair which you believe is the more desirable.

More papers

~lore openness

More graduate student papers

Longer but fewer papers

!·lore quality control

Nore papers by professors

More simultaneous sessions

More papers

~tore papers

Good attendance at each session

More commentator s and discussions

More leisure time at the meetings

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Comments 1

7. Listed below are some reasons which might lead a person to attend a HSS convention; please mark them in terms of your own practices and preferences in placing a 1 (the dominant reason), 2 (a significant reason) , or 3 (not a reason) next to each.

___ To hear the papers in your own specialty.

___ To hear a broad range of papers, some far from your specialty.

To sec other individuals in the field to discuss professional concerns.

To seek or improve employment.

Comments:

To receive information useful in teaching.

To receive information useful for research.

To see friends, but not primarily to talk "shop" with them.

a. When I have attended HSS meetings in the past, I have generally found the members (circle one):

a. Accessible and friendly b. Unaccessible and unfriendly

Corr~nts: (e.g., on how to increase valuable person-to-person interactions.)

9 . Do you feel the HSS should encourage the independently organized regional and specialty meetings (i.e. , Joint Atlantic Seminar in History of Biology, Joint Atlantic Se~nar in History of Physics, Mid-West Junto, West Coast Lazzaroni) to assume the primary role as the forum for student Work-in-Progress Sessions:

yes no no opinion

Answer the same question assuming these meetings are consistently held only at the peak of the job hunting season:

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10. Given recent nation-wide budgetary and academic-year changes, what month do you feel is now most critical for job hunting?

11. Please list below any suggestions you may have concerning how the programs for our annual meetings may be improved.

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12. With what societies, if any, ~~uld you be most interested in having the HSS organize joint meetings or sessions?

13. Please circle the item which best describes your practice: a. I have attended (or plan to

annual meetings of the HSS. attend) nearly all c. I rarely attend HSS meetings.

b. I have attended (or plan attend) about half d. I never attend flSS meetings. to of the annual meetings .

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HSS RECEIVES MATCHING NSF GRANT FOR BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM AT 1976 MEETING OF THE AAAS IN BOSTON (FEBRUARY 18-24)

The HSS has received a grant of $2400 from NSF as a matching grant to the one already received from NEH in support of a special Bicentennial Program to be presented at the 1976 Annual and Bicentennial Heeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, February 18-24. This program is being organized by Dr. Nathan Reingold, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560, under the title, "The Sciences in America: l\ Bicentennial Retrospective." A complete list of speakers and papers appears belm•.

AAAS ANNUAL AND BICENTENNIAL MEETING (BOSTON, FEBRUARY 18-24, 1976)

There are several sessions of particular interest to historians of science to be held during the Annual and Bicentennial Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston , February lB-24 , 1976 . These include , first , the session on "The Sciences in America: A Bicentennial Retrospective ," which has been arranged by Nathan Reingold (Smithsonian Institution) and consists of the following five sessions: I. Donald Fleming (Harvard University), presiding . Papers by William H. Goetzmann (University of Texas) , "Paradigm Lost"; Bruce Sinclair (University of Toronto) , "A View From Abroad: The Class of '37 Tours Europe"; Robert Post (Smithsonian Institution), "Public I' licy and Popular Attitudes to Science, 1820-1860"; and Deborah J . warner (Smithsom.an Institution) , "Astronomy in Ante-Bellum America." II. Robert Bruce (Boston u~ vcrsity), presiding. Papers by ~bnte Calvert (Clarkson College of Technology), "The World of the Nineteenth Century I nventor"; 11ichele Aldrich (Smithsonian Institution) , "The Natural H~story Research Tradition"; Stanley Guralnick (Colorado School of Mines), "Varieties of I:'xperience: Scientists and Higher Education, 1830-1910"; and Steve Pyne (University of Texas) , "From the Grand canyon to the Marianas Trench: Earth Sciences After Darw~n." III. Sally Kohlstedt (Syracuse University) , presiding . Papers by Michael Sokal (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) , "Rationality and Reform: The Social Sciences" ; Garland Allen (Washington University of St. Louis), "Classical Genetics, The American School"; Charles Rosenberg (University of Pennsylvania), "Science Pure and Science Applied: The Creation of an Applied Science Ideology in Late Nineteenth-Century America"; and Kendall Birr (State University of New York at Albany), "The Industrial Research Laboratory." IV. Nathan Reingold (Smithsonian Institution), p residing. Papers by Alice Quinlan (Johns Hopkins University), "The World War I Scientific Nobilization"; Stanley Coben (University of 7alifornia at Los Angeles) , "Private Foundations and Scientific Research"; Albert C. Lew~s (University of Texas), "The American Mathematical Frontier, 1900-1940"; and Spencer ~Teart (American Institute of Physics), "Physics Between the Two World ~Iars · " V · Everett l~ndelsohn (Harvard university), presiding . Papers by Robert Kohler (University of Pennsylvania), "American Biochemistry and its Patrons, 1919-1941"; Carroll Pursell (Lehigh University), "~tobilizing Science and Technology for World War II"; Harvey Sapolsky (Hassachusetts Institute of Technology) , "Science and the ~1ilitary since World War II"; and Charles Weiner (Nassachusetts Institu te of Technology), "Big Science Goes to College."

Second, there will be a symposium on "Can Science Be ~!easured?" on February 19, 3 =00-6:00 P.11., in Room 203 Hynes Auditorium, Prudential Center, which will address problems in measuring scientific activity and the use of science indicators, a timely topic since the National Science Board has already published the first in its projected series of volumes appraising the state of the National Science Establishment . . speakers ~d papers include Arnold Thackray (University of Pennsylvania), "~!easurement l.n the . Hl.Storiography of science"; Harvey Brooks (Harvard University), "Ind~cators and ~r~can " Sctence Policy"; and Yasha Rabkin (University of ~lontreall , "The Sovl.et Use o f Ind~cators ·

Third, the program for section G (Biology), which has been arranged by Charlotte M. Porter (American ~luseum of Natural History, New York City), is on the subject of "Biology and the American Public, Then and Now. " Speakers and papers include Keir B. Sterling

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(Pace University), "The Philadelphia School of Zoology"; Virgil H. J. Vogel. "lll"erican Indian Contributions to the 19th Century Pharmacopoeia"; Henry D. Shapiro, "19t' Century Taxonomy and American Natural History Societies"; Stephen J. Gould (Harvard University), "Darwinian and Anti-Darwinian Contributions to Evolution Theory in America"; Diana Long Hall (Boston University) , "The Rochefeller Foundation and the Support of Endocrinology in the United States"; John Parascandola (University of Wisconsin), "20th Century American Pharmacol ogy"; Harol d L. Burstyn (William Paterson College) , "20th Century American Oceanography"; and Jane N. Oppenheimer (Bryn Mawr College), "Symbio .J.s between History and Biology in America ."

3RD ANNUAL JOINT ATLANTIC SElUNAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL SClENCES (BALTIMORE, I~ 19-20, 1976)

The 3rd annual Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of the Physical Sci nces will be held at Johns Hopkins University on Friday evening and all day Saturday, M rch 19- 20, 1976 . For a more complete announcement, see the last (August) Newsletter. For i nforma­tion on registration, accommodati ons and other matters connected with the meeting , write to the Department of History of Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, l!aryland 21218. Graduate students who might be interested in giving a twenty-minute t~lK or in leading a workshop should write, describing fully the proposed topic, to Profc ~or Russell ~!cCormmach at the above address . Those interested are urged to write as earl:;r s possible since only a certain number of talks and workshops can be fitted in .

I~ID\'IEST HISTORY OF SCIEliCE SOCIETY MEETING (NOTRE DAME, MARCH 25-27, 1976)

The Nidwest History of Science Society will meet from Thursday evening , March 25 to Saturday lunchtime, ~~rch 27, 1976, in the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Notre Dame. Persons wishing further information may write to Professor Michael J. Crowe, Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Univer ity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556. Further information as well as a call for papers will be issued later to all members of the Midwest History of Science SocJ.ety.

CENTENNIAL NEETING OF THE AMERICAN CHEHICAL SOCIETY (NEW YORK CITY , APRIL 4-9 , 1976)

The American Chemical Soci ety Division of the History of Chemistry wil l sponsor a symposium entitled "A Review of Chemical Education Since 1776 and a Look i nto the Future," to be held in New York City, April 4-9, 1976. The symposium will feature as speakers: w. D. Miles (National Library of ~~dicine), D. A. Davenport (Purdue University), H. M. Leicester (University of the Pacific), W. H. Brock (University of Leicester) , J . W. Servos (John Hopkins University) , R. M. Hawthorne (Purdue University), ~~- J . Sturchio (University of Pennsylvania), 0. Hannaway (Johns Hopkins University), s. Kopperl (Grand Valley College), J. H. Wise and E. s. Gilreath (Washington and Lee University) , C. Overberger (University of Michigan), and w. T. Li ppincott (University of Arizona) · Further details on this program can be obtained by writing to the program chairman, . P7ofessor 0 . B. Ramsay , Department of Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, YpsilantJ., MichJ.gan 48197, or by consulti ng the March 1976 issue of Chemical and Engineering~-

The meeting will also include t-~ other symposia of interest to historians of science: (1) "Chemical Giants" (S. P. ~ssie, chairman) will honor the contributions to c~emical education of John Bailar, Henry Eyring, Louis Fieser, and Linus Pauling. It wJ.ll also feature commentaries by former students and a general evaluation and summary by A. J . Ihde. (2) "The Impact and Influence of Textbooks and Laboratory Programs on Chemical Education ." The speakers will be P. Elving, o . Davenport, F. Basolo, D. ~· Tarbill, P. Yankvich, R. Siebring , and T. Lippincott . Leonard Fine is also preparLng a display of historical material s related to this symposium.

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CONE't.REtlCE ON HISTORY OF MEASUREHENT (BUDAPEST, APRIL 27-30, 1976)

For a cot~lete announcement on this conference, see the last (August) Newsletter . The deadhne for the submission of paper title and short summary has been changed to December 1, 1975 . Correspondence and applications should be directed to MTESZ Technikatortcneti Bizottsag , lOSS Budapest, Kossuth Lajos ter 6-8. For further information write to Professor F. Szabadvary, Muszaki Muzeum, 1502 Budapest, P.O.B. 311.

8TH ANNUAL 1-IEETING OF CHEIRON (WASHINGTON, D.C., l'AY 28-30, 1976)

The 8th Annual Meeting of Cheiron, The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, will be held at the National ~!useum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 28-30, 1976. Papers (20 minutes max~mum; two copies plus return postage) should be submitted to Dr. Michael M. Sakal, Department of Humanities, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, ~~rcester, Mass. 01609. Abstracts are due November 15, 1975; papers are due December 31, 1975. For further information about the program, write to Dr. Gisela Hinkle, Department of Socioloyy, Ohto State University, 1775 South College Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210. For information concerning membership, write to Dr. Elizabeth s. Goodman, 115 West Royal Drive, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 .

30TH INTERNATIONAL CO!IGRESS OF HU~lAN SCIENCES IN ASIA AND NORTH APRICA (~!EXICO CITY, AUGUST 3-8, 1976)

For the first time in the century-long history of the Congress, specialists in the field of Asian and North African studies will meet in Latin America, at El Colegio de ~~xico, Mexico City , August 3-8, 1976. History, sociology, economics, philosophy, art, literature, antropology , and contemporary problems of Asia and North Africa will be . among the main objects of anal ysis. The scientific program will be divided into sect~ons, seminars, colloquia , and conferences. The sections will be structured according to the following geocultural areas : (1) west Asia and North Africa; (2) Central and Northern Asia; (3) South Asia; (4) Southeast Asia; and (5) East Asia: (a) China, (b) Japan and Korea. The official languages of the congress are Spanish, English, and French. Papers should not exceed fifteen to twenty minutes. Deadline for the indication of titles and authors: J anuary 1, 1976 . summaries of no more than 200 words must be submitted to the Secretary General prior to April 1, 1976. Registration and inquiries should be sent to The Secretary General, 30 International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa, El Colegio de Mexico, Guanajuato 125, Mexico 7, D.F., Mexico.

SYMPOSIUM ON QUANTITATIVE t1ETHODS IN THE HISTORY OF SCI ENCE (BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 25-27, 1976)

A Symposium on "Quantitative Methods in the History of Science" will be held at the University of California Berkeley on August 25-27, 1976. Sponsored jointly by the Center for History of sc~ence and ~echnology and the Institute of Internationa7 Studies , i t will bring together practitioners of that art and their critics. Oetatls ~y be obtained from the Symposium coordinator, Professor Roger Hahn, ~enter for e Hlstory of Science and Technology , 114 ~~in Library, University of Cal~fornta, Berkel y, Cal~fornia 94720.

HISTORY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM (HONOLULU, APRIL 1979)

There will be a symposium on the history of chemical engineering a~ the na~ional meeting of the American Chemical society in Honol ulu, April 1979 . For 1nformat~on contact Dr. w. F. Furter, Department of Chemical Engineering, Royal Mi l itary College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2W .

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AQUINAS FUND GRANT lULL ENABLE DREl·l UNIVERSITY '1'0 ADD HIS'IORIAN OF SCIENCE '1'0 STAFF

A major grant to Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, from the Aquinas Fund, New York City, will make possible the addition of an historian of science to the University faculty . Given in honor of Drew's late president, Robert Fisher Oxnam, the gift includes $12,000 a year for each of the next two years toward the salary of a visiting professor in the field, plus a chal lenge grant of $200,000 toward a fully­endowed chair of science and society, payable as soon as the University raises sufficient addi tional f unds for the endowment. In announcing the award, Paul Hardin , Oxnam's successor as president of Drew, said he e xpected the money would be raised quickly , wi t h total endowmen t for the chair reaching at least three quarters of a million dollars. The appointment will benefi t the curricula of all three divisions of the University--Col lege, Theological School , and Graduate School .

SURVEY OF SOURCES FOR THE HIS'IORY OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND ~!OLECULAR BIOLOGY

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society have announced their joint sponsorship of a twelve month preliminary survey of the sources for the history of biochemistry , molecular biology and related disciplines. A committee of historians , biochemists and archivists chaired by Dr. John T. Edsall, professor emeritus of Harvard University, will oversee the project which will be con­ducted from offices a t the American Philosophi cal Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19106, under t he supervision of David Bearman, secretary to the commit tee . The project will involve the identification and documentation of archi val resources in uni versities, research institutes, hospitals, agricultural experiment stations, government agencies, professional societies and journals. While the primary focus of the survey i s biochemistry and molecular biology its purview also includes those areas of biology, physiology, pharmacology, micro­biology, genetics, immunol ogy, agriculture and so on in which biochemistry has played a significant role in the twentieth century. Besides identifying sources of materials for writing the history of biochemistry the survey will solicit biographical informa­tion from important living biochemists and document the shifting foci of biochemical research, funding, education and applications in this century. It is expected that the survey will be the first stage of a larger effort in collecting archival materials related to the recent history of these important areas of twentieth century science. The survey of sources for the history of biochemistry and molecular biology will be issuing occasional r esource reports which will be avai lable free of charge to interested individuals . Other material s gathered by the s urvey will be preserved at the American Philosophical Society library where they will be available to scholars.

REQUEST FOR INFORl'IATION ON RECEPTION OF NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS

Professor Henry Gilman, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State university, Ames, Iowa 50010, would like to learn of cases in which an important scientific idea of a young student or scholar was rejected, initially at least, by his or her more senior mentor. HSS members knowing of such cases are requested to send information on them to Professor Gilman .

RUBBER INDUSTRY COLLECTIONS AT UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

The American Hist ory Research Center (AHRC) o f the University of Akron has acquired two large and signi ficant collections relating to t he rubber industry . The B. F. . Goodrich Co~pany papers, about 400 cubic feet of corporate archives spanning t he per1od 1868-1969, lnclude annual reports , board of di rector s ' minutes accounting records, advertising and public r elations files, patent and trademark r~gistrations, research records, and films . Material older than 25 years is open for research and more recent recor?s may be used with the company' s permission . The company expects to deposit addit1onal mater1al from time to time. The General Tire and Rubber Company has

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deposited the records of a landmark patent suit. The more than 250 rolls of microfilm and 100 cubic feet of other material constitute a documentary history of the evolution of synthetl.<:: rubber prior to 1950. l·lorld War II relations between the rubber industry and the federal government are also reflected in this collection. The AHRC has also acquired the records of the Akron Better Business Bureau (1920-1972), the Akr on Area Chamber of Commerce, (1907-1972), the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad, (1895-1972) and the Lig~ter-Than-Air-Society (1900-1974). Persons interested in further informa­tion should contact Dr . David E. Kyvig, Director, American History Research Center, University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION AND ReCENT ACCESSIONS

The Smithsonian Institution Archives announces the availability of an oral history collection, supplementing its manuscript collections . Int erviewees are current or retired Sm2thsonian scholars and administrators. Subject matter covers biography, history of science , and institutional history . Tapes and transcripts of interviews with the following individuals are available, subject to restrictions: Charles G. Abbot, Richard S. Cowan , Robert P. ~lul thauf, Nathan Reingold, and Alexander Wetmore . The oral history project is an ongoing section of the archives and additional interviews will become available periodically .

The Smithr.onian Archives have also recently a ccessioned Smithsonian Fiscal Records (Private), 1846-1911, 2 cubic feet; Smithsonian Institution Daybooks (Private), 1846-1884, 1.4 cubic feet ; Federal Fiscal Records , 1872-1942 , 10 cubic feet; Smithsonian Payroll records, 1882-1942 , 9 . 3 cubi c f eet; receipted vouchers, U. s. National Museum, 1872-1904, 19 cubic feet; indexes to u. s . National Museum Receipted Vouchers, 1881-1900, 0. 3 cubic foot; records of the Chief Clerk, U. S. National Huseum (William V. Cox) , and Adm~nistrative Assistant (l~illiam de c . Ravenel), 1885-1914, 8 . 4 cubic feet; records of the Chief Clerk , u. s. National Museum (l~illiam V. Cox) and Administrative Assistant (William de c. Ravenel), 1882- 1914, 13 . 6 cubic feet; records of the Smithsonian Property Clerk, 1883-1890, 1.7 cubic feet; Registrar ' s Specimen Distribution Records, 1853-1920, 10.9 c ubic feet; Registrar ' s Record of Incoming Transportation , 1855-1882 , 1912-1924, 2.4 cubic feet ; correspondence between the Smithsonian Institution and the U: S. Civil Service Commission, 1893- 1894, 1896-1907 , 1 . 3 cubic feet; records of the D~vision of Comparative Anatomy , ca . 1885-1902, 1909, 0.3 cubic foot; papers of A. Remington Kellogg, (1892-1969) , 1916- 1969, 3.3 cubic fee t; papers of Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr. • (1869- 1956) , 1908-1940, 1.3 c ubic feet ; papers of J ames A. Peters (1922-1972) , 1927-1973, 15.2 cubic feet ; papers of Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) , Ca. 1850's-1919 , 3. 5 cubi c feet; records of the International l•haling Conference and Whaling Commission, 1930-1968, 13.7 cubic feet; paper s of stanley Paul Young (1899-1969) , 1921-1965, 3.1 cubic feet .

ROCKEFELLER ARCHIVE CENTER OPENED

Rockefeller university has announced the opening of the Rockefeller Archive Center at Hillcrest, Pocantico Hills , North Tarrytown, N. Y. The Center will be the depository for the archives of the Rockefel ler University , the Rockefeller Foundation, t he Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Rockefelle r Family. The Rockefeller University Archives include the r eco;ds of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research , which was established in 1901 , and papers of individual scientists. The Rockefeller Foundation Archives document the Foundation's worldwide programs in education , r esearch, public health, medicine, arts, humani tie s , social sciences, and agricultural development from 1913 on . Also included are the records of the Bureau of Social Hygi ene (1911-40) , the China ~~dical Board (1913-29), the General Education Board (1902-54), the International Education Board (1923- 41), the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (1918-41), the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease (1909- 15), and

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the Spelman Fund of New York (1928-49). There are also papers of a few individuals who were associated with the Foundation . A booklet briefly describing these collections, which was published in 1973, is now available from the Archive Center. The Rockefeller Family Archives include some of the papers of John D. Rockefeller (1839-1961), the office of the 1-lessrs. Rockefeller (1895-1961), the American International Association for Economic and Social Development (1946-1969), and the Davison Fund (1930-1942). Scholars interested in these research materials should address the Rockefeller Archive Center, Hillcrest, Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, N. Y. 10591, or call (914)-631-4505.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS ANNOUNCES ~~JOR ARCHIVAL SECURITY PROGRM1

The Society of American Archivists has begun a comprehensive archival security program. Major facets of the project will be supported by a $99,690 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Ann Morgan Campbell, Executive Director of the SAA, will direct the project; Timothy G. Walch will be associate director; and Kathryn M. Nelson will be program assistant. The staff is now involved in a large-scale investigation of the nature and extent of the archival security problem and of possible solutions. Legal and technical experts, manuscript dealers, as well as archivists and manuscript curators , will be consulted. The agenda is as follows: (1) By spring 1976 a registry of missing manuscripts will be established. A format will be devised within the next few months and solicitation of listings will begin by the end of this year. A special section of the SAA Newsletter will be devoted to security developments. Eventually, distribution of security news will be broadened to include non-member, interested parties. (2) By fall 1976, a consultant service will make competent experts available to archival institutions to advise them in t he areas of security systems, internal archival procedures, legal prob­lems, and other aspects of archival security. (3) The project will culminate in 1977 with the publication of an archival security manual. For further information please write to the Associate Director, SAA Archival Security Program, Society of American Archivists, Box 8198, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illino~s 60680.

VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION PUBLICATIONS

The American agents for The Voltaire Foundation have suffered a financial failure. ~~ny North American libraries, as a result, have not received copies of works published as of July 1, 1975. These are the Complete Works of Voltaire, volumes 2, 7, 53-55, 59, 81-82, 8~, 125; the Correspondance compl~te de Jean Jacques Rousseau, volumes 1-22; and the Studies ~ Voltaire ~ the 18th Century, volumes 30-37, 41-139. (The above volumes only are currently in print.) All university staff concerned with 18th century studies are urged to ask their librarians to confirm in writing to the Foundation if their libraries are subscribed to the above sets. If so, it would be most desirable to find out if the volumes listed have been received, and to contact The Voltaire Foundation, Thorpe-Mandeville House, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, stating which is the last volume they hold of each series. Should your library not possess some or all volumes of these s~ts, new subscriptions are solicited. In case of any problems , kindly notify Professor G~les Barber at the Foundation.

AAAS LAUNCHES PROGRM1 FOR THE HANDICAPPED IN SCIENCE

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has officially launched itS Project for the Handicapped in Science . The purpose of this initial project, which is funded.by the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the Department of Health, Educauon, and l~elfare through the Geo1ge 1-lashington University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center is to identify and explore barriers obstructing the entry and full participation of physically disabled persons to education and employment opportunities in science. Specifically, the project will seek to examine and evaluate ways in which the scientific professional associations and organizations of and for the handicapped

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can contribute to equal opportunities in science careers . In order to build an ongoing and realistic Frogram, the AAAS needs the expert consultation of handicapped individuals who have e~~r~enced difficulties in receiving an education to be a scientist or in professional placement because of their handicap . If you are !. disabled scholar, please identify yourself to Martha Redden, Director, Project on the Handicapped in science, Office of Opportunities in Science , AAAS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N. w., Washington, D. c. 20036. The project will not usc, without permission, the names of i ndividual scholars who r0spond .

BARRIERS TO THE DISABLED FALL AT MAS MEETING

Physically d isabled scientists are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of science in Boston, February 18-24, 1976. The AAAS Ofhce of Opportunities in Science is working with the AAAS ~leetings Office, Boston hotels, Rehabilitation Agency personnel and other interested people and groups in the Boston area to make the meeting fully accessible to people who are in wheelchairs, who have visual or auditory disabilities and those who need assistance because of other disabilities. For information and/or suggestions, please contact Martha Redden, Director, Project on the Handicapped in Science, AAAS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N. 1-1 . , Washington , D. C. 20036 (phone 202-467-4497).

ADDITIONAL BOOKS RECEIVED BY I SIS : MAY-JUNE 1975

~a~id c. Lindberg , ~Catalogue of Hedieval and Renaissance OPtical ~lanuscripts. (Subs~d~a Mediaevalia, IV.) 142 pp ., indices. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies , 1975. $7.50.

Guido Majno , The Healing Hand. ~and Wound in the Ancient World . xxiii + 571 pp., illus., bibl ., index. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1975. $25 .

Bruce :~zlish , James and John Stuart Mill: Father and Son in the Nineteenth Century. xii + 484 pp., 13 plates,~ index, subj~index. New York: -sasic Books, 1975. $16.95 . . John McLeish , soviet Psychology: H~story , Theory, Content. xii + 308 pp., bibl., ~ndex. London : Methuen, 1975. £6.95.

Selected Works of Clinton Hart r1erriam. (Natural sciences in America. l lntro. by Keir B. Sterling . F~similes of original articles, unpaginated. New Yor k : Arno Press, 1974. $47.

Ian I. Mi troff, The subjective Side of Science . ~ Philosophical Inquiry into the Psych~logy ~the Apollo ~Scientists . xv + 329 pp . , bibl., index. Amsterdam: Elsev~er; New York: American Elsevier , 1975. Dfl. 30; $11.50.

Detlef Mittmann, Die chemische Industrie im nordwestlichen Mitteleuropa in i hrem Strukturwandel. (Kelner Forschungen zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie , Band XX.) 403 pp., bibl., folding map in color. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner , 1974. OM 44.-- (paper). P Ernest A. Noody, Studies in Medieval Philosophy, ~cience, !!!2. ~gic . Collected apers 1933-1969. (Publications of the Center for ~~d~eval and Rena~ssance Studies,

UCLA, 7.) xix + 453 pp. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1975. $20 . . ~kura Nagatsune , seiyU roku: On Oil Manufacturing. An English translation of the

anginal 1836 Japanese edition:- Illus.-Matsukawa Hanzan . Trans . Eiko Ariga. Ed. Carter Litchfield. With added commentaries by Richard c. Rudolph and Carter Litchfield. 79 PP · New Brunswick, N.J. : Olearius Editions (P .O. Box 535, 08903), 1975 . $7.00.

Claus Nissen, Die zooloqische Buchillustration . Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte. Band II: Geschichte . Li eferung 13 . pp. 289-360, i llus ., tbls. XXXIII-XL. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann , 1975. DM 40.-- .

Richard Olson , Scottish Philosophy and Briti sh Physics 1750-1880. !aundations of the Victorian Scientific stile. vii+ 349 pp., index. Pri - -- .:.=.=.::=-=::=:'- ~~~~== -

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nceton Univ . Press, 1975. $17 . 50 . Arnold Pacey, The Maze of Ingenuity: Ideas and Idealism in the Development of

!.echnalogy_. 350 pp-:-;-illus.~bibl., index . -"NeW York: Holmes & Meier, 1975. $12.95.

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Olaf Pedersen, ~survey of the Almagest. (Acta Historica Scicnt1arum Naturalium et Hedicinalium, Vol. 30.) 454 pp., bibl., name index, subject index. Odense: Univ. Press, 1974. Dan. kr. 200.00.

o . Bertrand Ramsay (ed.), van't Hoff-Le Bel Centennial. A symposium sponsored by the History of Chemistry Division at the 168th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11-12, 1974. (ACS Symposium Series, No. 12.) xiv + 194 pp., index. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1975. $11. 95 .

Jonathan Ree, Descartes. 204 pp., bibl., index. New York: Pica Press ; distributed by Universe Books, New York, 1975.

w. 0. Skeat, George Stephenson: The Engineer and His Letters. 267 pp ., 77 ill us., index. London: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1973.

Robert A. Solo, Organizing Science for Technology Transfer in Economic Development . x + 224 pp., index. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1975 . $10.

Erwin Stresemann, Ornithology: From Aristotle to the Present. Trars . from the German by Hans J. and Cathleen Epstei-;:--Ed. by G. William Cottrell. I-Ii th a Foreword and an Epilogue on American Ornithology by Ernst Mayr. xii + 432 pp ., index. Cambridge, Mass . /London: Harvard Univ. Press, 1975. $20. (First published in Berlin, 1951.)

Paul u. Unschuld, Die Praxis des traditionellen chinesischen Heilsystems. ~ Einschluss der Pharmazie dargestellt an der heutigen Situation auf Taiwan. (~1\inchener Ostasiatische Studien, Band 8.) viii+ 182 pp., 36 plates, bibl., Engl1sh summary . Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1973. OM 68.-- (paper).

Reino Virtanen, L'imagerie scientifique de Paul Valery . (Essais d 'Art et de Philosophic.) 153 pp., bibl., index. Paris: Librairie Philosophiquc J, Vrin , 1975 . 26 F.

C. H. Waddington, The Evolution of an Evolutionist. xii + 328 pp., index. Ithaca : Cornell Univ. Press, 1975. $15. --

Paul Walden, Wege und Herbergen. ~lein Leben. Ed. by Giinter Kerstein. (Beitrii.ge zur Geschichte der Wissenschaften und der Technik, Heft 13. Veroffentlichung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geschichte der P~dizin, Naturwissenschaften und Technik.) 130 PP·• 1 illus. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1974. OM 19.80 (paper).

D. T. Whiteside (ed.), The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton. Vol. VI: 1684-1691· With the assistance of ~1. A. HOskin and A. Prag. xxxiv + 614 pp., 5 plates, name i ndex. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1975. $72.50.

BOOKS RECEIVED BY ISIS: JULY-AUGUST 1975

. John Logan Allen, Passage through the Garden. Lewis and Clark and the Image of ~ Amencan Northwest. xxvi + 412 pp., 47 maps, bibl., index. Urbana:""""iiniv. of Illinois Press , 1975. $18 . 50.

Anthony F. Aveni (ed.), Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America. xv + 436 PP·• illus., bibl., index. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1975. $16.50.

Jonathan Barnes; Malcolm Schofield; Richard Sorabji (eds . ), Articles ~Aristotle . Vol. I: Science. xii + 224 pp., bibl., index. London: Duckworth, 1975. £7.95 (cloth), £3.50 (paper) .

. , Rejane Bernier, ~ sources de la biologie. Tome premier : Les vingt premiers slecl~s; ~ class~fication. xii + 264 pp., illus . , 14 color plat~ bibl., 2 indices. Montreal: Les Presses de l'Universite du Quebec; Paris: Masson et Cie, 1975 .

. Derk Bodde, Festivals in Classical China. New Year and other Annual Observances dU.:lng the Han _Dynasty 206 !·~· - A.D. 2~ xvi+439 pp-:-;-illus., bibl., index. Pr1nceto~: ~r1nceton Univ. Press,-1975-.--$17.50.

Erw~n Bunn~ng, Wilhelm Pfeffer. Apotheker, Chemiker, Botaniker, Physiologue 1845-1920· (Grosse Naturforscher, Band 37.) 166 pp., 21 illus., index . stuttgart: Wlsse;s~haftliche Verlagsgesel~schaft, 1?75. DM 27.50.

r 1 an Coleman, ~ Electr1cal Imag~nation: Electricity in Literature and Music. 157 PP:' bibl., author index, title index. Vancouver, B.C.: !Printed by the-iuthor, 19?5-s

. N:colaus Copernicus' Gesamtausgabe. Ed. Heribert M. Nobis. Band I: De Revolutionlbu_· Faks1 m1le des Hanuskriptes. xiv + 56 pp. + 448 pp. , unpaginated; 23 plates. Hildeshelm: Berlag Dr. H. A. Gerstenberg, 1975. OM 140,-- .

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Francis Courtes , La raison et la vie: Ideal scientifique ~ ideologie ~ Allemagne de 1a Eleforh£ Jusqu ' a Kant. (L ' Histoire--des Sciences Textes et Etudes.) 315 pp., index. Paris: Vrin , 1972.

Vernon K. Dibble, The Legacy of Albion Small. (The Heritage of Sociology Series.) x + 255 pp., index. Chicago/London: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1975 . $15.

Richard ~. Eakin, Great Scientists Speak Again. viii+ 119 pp ., 60 illus. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press , 1975. $6.95.

Nellie B. Eales , ~ Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology. Catalogue of Books, Monographs and Principal Papers . Part 2: 1800 to present day and Supplement to Part 1. (Reading Un1versity Library Publications, 2.) xviii + 428 pp., frontispiece, index. Whiteknights, Reading : The Library, University of Eleading, 1975.

Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr . , The Renaissance Elediscovery of Linear Perspective . xvii + 206 pp., illus., glossary , index. New York: Basic Books, 1975 . $15.

Dietrich von Engelhardt (ed.) , Die chemischen Zeitschriften des Lorenz von Crell . Theil I. (Indices naturwissenschaftlich-medizinischer Periodica bis 1850, Band ~298 pp., index. Stuttgart : Anton Hiersemann, 1974. OM 139,-- (paper) .

Lodovico Ferrari e Niccolo Tartaglia, Cartelli di sfida matematica . Riproduzione in facsimile delle edizioni originali 1547-1548. Edita-con parti introduttorie de Arnalda Masotti. (Comment ari dell'Ateneo di Brescia.) 15 + cxciii + 202 pp., index, glossary, 42 plates. Brescia : Edizioni ~~rcelliana, 1974.

Greenwich Observatory. Vol. I: Origins and Early History (1675-1835) by Eric G. Forbes. xv + 204 pp ., 14 plates, bibl., index. Vol . II: Recent History (1836-1975) by A· J. Headows . xi + 135 pp . , 14 plates , index. Vol. III : The Buildings ~ Instruments by Derek Howse. xix + 178 pp., 130 plates, index. London : Taylor & Francis, 1975. (Distributed in u.s . by Scribner's, $60 the set.)

Henry Guerlac , Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier: Chemist and Revolutionary. (DSB Editions . ) 174 pp., illus ., bibl ., index. New York: Scribner's, 1975. $7.95 (cloth), $2.95 (paper).

Derek Howse, Franc:a.s Place and the Early History of th~ Greenwich. Obs~rvatory. 64 pp., :a.llus., 12 plates , bibl ., index. New York: Science H:a.story Publ1cat1ons, 1975. $12. 95.

James Jay, Negroes in Science: Natural Science Doctorates, 1866-1969. ix + 87 PP· • tables, index. Dctroit:--Dalamp, 1971. $2.50 (paper) .

. . . Bernice Judd , Voyages to Hawaii before 1860 . Enlarged and edited by Helen Yonge Lind . XVll:a. + 129 pp. Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, 1974. $10 .

. Maurice Pope, The story of Archaeological Decipherment. ~Egyptian Hie:oglyphs ~Ll.near B. 216 pp., 118 illus., bibl., glossary, index. New York: Scnbner s, 1975 . $12.50. -

:ranz Rosenthal, The Classical Heritage in~· Trans. from 1965 German edition by ErnJ.1e and Jenny Marmorstein. (The Islamic l~or1d Series.) xx + 298 PP·• 4 illus . , 4

Plates, index. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1975. $15 . . Margaret w. Rossiter, The Emergence of Agri cultural Science. Justus Liebig and the

Amer1cans, 1840-1880. xiv + 275 pp., bibl . , index. New Haven/London: Yale Univ . Press, 1975. $15.

George Sarton Introduction to the History of Science. Reprint of the 1927-48 edition. Vol. I: 'From Homer to Qii;arJ<hayyam. xi+ 839 pp., index. vo7. II, Part 1: :rom Rabbi Ben Ezra-;o-Reger saco~xxxv + 480 pp. Vol. II, Part 2. XVl. + pp. 481-1251, lndex. Vol~I~art 1: First Half of the Fourteenth Century· XXXV+ 1~18 PP: Vol . III, Part 2: Second Half of the FOUrteen~Century. X+ PP· 1019- 2155, blbl., l.ndex. New York: Robert E. Krieg~, 1975. $175.00. ·

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Frederick Soddy , Radioactivity~ Atomic Theory. Presenting facsimile reproductlon wf the Annual Progress Reports on Radioactivity 1904-1920 to the Che~cal S~ciety. Ed. lth commentary by Thaddeus J. Trenn. xv + 517 pp . , 1 plate, append1ces, bl.bl., index.

London: Taylor & Francis· New York/Toronto: John Wiley, 1975. $35. James Stephens Fran~is Bacon and the Style of Science. xi+ 188 pp., index.

Chi . ' -- --cage: Unlv. of Chicago Press, 1975. $10.95.

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Alan Ternes (ed. ), Ants, Indians, and Little Dinosaurs. Selected from Natural History . 386 pp., index. New York: Scribner ' s, 1975. $8.95 .

Ronald s. Wilkinson, The Younger John Winthrop and Seventeenth-Century Science. Faringdon, Oxon. (England~ E. W. Classey Ltd., 1975. $15.00; £6.25.

Tibor Wlassics, Galilei critico letterario . (Il portico, Biblioteca di lettere e arti, 52.) 217 pp . , index. Ravenna: Longo Editore, 1975. L. 3,800 (paper).

Edwin Wolf 2nd, The Library of~ !egan of Philadelphia 16?4-1751 .. lvii + 578 pp., 16 plates, indexes . Philadelphia: The Lib rary Company of Ph1ladelph1a, 1974.

ADDITIONAL NEW PUBLICATIONS

Cl ark A. Elliott, compiler. ~Descriptive Guide Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Library, 1974. $15.00 (soft cover).

to the Harvard University 1\.rchl. ves . Unpaginated; about 480 pp.

Johannes Kepler, Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 19: von Martha List, Muchen 1975 . 551 pp.

Dokumente zu Leben und Werk.

NEH 1976 SUMI-IER SEMINARS FOR COLLEGE TEACHERS

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The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the continuation of its program of Summer Seminars for College Teachers . During the summer of 1976 approximately 60 seminars will be offered in a wide variety of di sciplines of the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Detailed information about the seminar directors, topics, and locations for 1976 will be available in l ate fall, 1975 from the Division of Fellowships, NEH, 806 15th Street, N. w., Washington, D.C. 20506. The deadline for the submission of applications will be March l, 1976.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHA.NGES BOARD (IREX)

The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) was established in 1968 by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. IREX administers academic exchange programs between scholars in the United States and the countries of East-Central and Southeast Europe and the Soviet Union. These programs operate under reciprocal agreements with the countries concerned. In addition to the formal exchanges, IREX offers opportunities for individual scholars and institutions in the form of short-term travel grants for the purpose of planning new forms of collaboration and exchange; gives a limited number of grants in support of collaborative projects; provides travel grants to recipients of visitors' i nvitations from the Academy of Sciences of the USSR relating to the contemporary social sciences; and awards fellowships for Soviet and East European area studies in North America preparatory to participation in the ex­change programs. For a brochure describing IREX programs and stipulating their application deadlines, please write to !REX, 110 East 59 Street, New York, New York 10022 .

ACLS/SSRC EAST EUROPEAN AND SOVIET STUDIES GRANTS PROGRANS

The Joint Committee on Eastern Europe and the Joint Committee on soviet Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the social Science Research Council (SSRC) wish to draw attention to its grants programs in East European studies and Soviet Studies , as follows : I. ~European Studies . (A) Grants for Post-Doctoral Research. These are offered for research in the humanities or social sciences relating to the cultures and populations (regardless of their geographical locus) of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, East Germany since 1945, and modern Greece . Grants will rarely exceed $10 ,000 . Stipends in lieu of summary salary or grants for for eign travel will be considered only in exceptional circumstances. Deadline ~receipt of application forms: DECEMBER 31, 1975. (B) Grants for study of East European Languages. These are offered for schola~d graduate students (who have completed at least one year of graduate study at the program deadline) for intensive,

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interoediate-level study abroad of the languages of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece (modern Greek) , Hungary, Poland, Romania , and Yugoslavia. Grants are also offered for enrollr.~r.t in language courses on all levels in the U.S. if such courses are not available in the regular program of the home institution. Applicants wishing to study modern Greek are eligible only if they intend to teach it or to use it in research on modern Greece. Stipends, ranging from $300 to a maximum of $1,000 , will include not more than the equivalent of overseas group travel and subsistence at one of the summer language centers for foreigners available in most East European countries. Support will be provided for the recipient only. Deadline for receipt of application forms: FEBRUARY 2, 1976 . II . Soviet Studies . Grants for Post-Doctoral Research. These are offered for research in the social sciences and humanities relating to Revolutionary Russia and the U.S.S.R. Weighted preference will be given to applications which bring to Soviet studies the insights of sociology, social psychology, cultural anthropology, economics, geography, and law. Special attention will also be given to problems in Soviet studies which cross disciplinary boundaries or which can profit from methodologi cal advances in the social sciences . Grants will rarely exceed $8,500 . Only in exceptional cases will grants be made in support of travel for brief visits abroad or to relieve scholars of the necessity of teaching beyond the conventional academic year. Deadline ~receipt of application forms. DECEMBER l!_, 1975 .

In requesting application forms, the prospective applicant must provide the following information: (1) age, (2) highest academic degree held and date received, (3) citizenship or permanent residence (these programs are open only to citizens or permanent residents of the u.s. or Canada), (4) academic or other positions, (5) field of specialization , (6) proposed subject of research or study , (7) period of time for which support is re­quested, and (B) specific award program under which an application is contemplated. The above information--and/or requests for additional information about these or other ACLS fello~o.•ships and grants programs--should be addressed to the Office of Fellowships and Grants, American Council of Learned Societies, 345 East 46 Street, New York, N. Y. 10017.

ACLS RESEARCH FELLOI~SHIPS FOR RECENT Ph.D . RECIPIENTS

The American Council of Learned Societies announces the availability of a limited number of fellowships for recent recipients of the Ph.D. degree for research in the following fields: philosophy (i ncluding the philosophy of law and science); aesthetics; philology, languages, literature, and linguisti cs; archaeology; art history and musicology; history (including the history of science, law, and religions); cultural anthropology; and folklore. Eligibility: APPlicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada and have held the Ph.D. degree for not less than one year or more than three at the time of applying . Terms of Award: Fellowships will provide salary equiva­lents, not to exceed $7,000, for at least one semester (or a period of 4 1/2 months) of uninterrupted research between July 1, 1976, and December 31, 1977. Deadline: December l• ~· Notification: March 15, 1976. Application forms are avai l able from : Office of Fellowships and Grants , American council of Learned Societies, 345 East 46th Street , New York, New York 10017 . In requesting applicati on forms, please state citizenship or Permanent residence, date of award of the doctoral degree, field of specialization, subject of proposed research, period of time for which support is requested, and program title .

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIPS IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Smithsonian Institution announces its p r ogram of higher education and research training in the History o f Science and Technol ogy for 1976-1977. Smithsonian Fellowships are awarded to support independent research using Smithsonian Institution collections , archives, laboratories, and other facilities, and pertaining to Smithsonian professional staff research interests. Proposals for research may be offered in fields in which the Institution has research strength: history of mathematics, physical sciences, medicine

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and pharmacy, mechanical and civil engineering, and electrical technology, history of science in America, and the history of air and space developments. Smithsonian Fellowships, supported by a stipend of $10,000 per annum and research allowances, may be granted to postdoctoral scholars to pursue further training in research. Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowships, supported by a stipend of $5,000 per annum and research allowances, may be granted to doctoral candidates to conduct research for their dissertations with the approval of their university departments . Applications!!:!. due ~January 15, 1976. In selecting indivi duals for participation in academic programs, the Smithsonian Institution does not discriminate on grounds of race, creed, color, sex, age or national origin of any applicant. For more information and application forms write: Office of Academic Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. c. 20560. Please indicate the particular area in which you propose to conduct research and give the dates of degrees received or expected.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FELLOWSHIPS IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ~!ENTAL HEALTH

The Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas ~ledical Branch announces the availability of fellowships in the history and philosophy of mentaJ health for varying periods of time from July 1, 1976, to June 30, 1978. Fellows will be selected according to their demonstrated commitment to serious scholarly endeavor, and remuneration will depend upon their qualifications . Application forms may be requested from the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550. For the 1976-77 fellowships, completed forms must be received ~ February ~' 1976. Applicants will be notified by April 1, 1976. For the 1977-78 fellowships, completed forms must be received by February~, 1977. Applicants will be notified by April 1, 1977.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN HISTORY OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY

The Department of History and Sociology of Science of the University of Pennsylvania announces a renewable fellowship for graduate study. This fellowship is offered in con­junction with the College of Engineering and Applied Science of the University. Applicants interested in Western technology since 1850 are especially encouraged. The Department stresses the interaction of technology, science and economics , and cultivates the history of science, technology and medicine in a social context. Students with back­grounds in engineering--as well as those who had majored in historical or social science subjects~-are in~ited t~ apply. The deadline for applications is February ~, ~· For further ~nformat~on, wr~te: Department of History and sociology of Science, Smith Hall D6, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19174.

LOGAN CLENDENING TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Applications are invited for the Logan Clendening Traveling Fellowship in the History of Medicine, which is tenable for three months during 1976. The Fellowship is for $1,000 and is open to registered medical students (or college seniors accepted for medical school) of any recognized medical or osteopathic school in the United States or Canada. This Fellowship memorializes Dr. Logan Clendening (1884-1945), and will enable medical students to follow at least two of his abiding interests--travel and medical history. Applicants may elect to travel anywhere i n the world for the purpose of studying any aspect of medical history of interest to them. The special application form, which ~ be r~turned ~ ~ than ~ 15, ~, may be obtained from Robert P. Hudson, M.D., Cha~rrnan, Department of the History of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66103. Applicants will be notified of results by April 15, 1976.

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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS RECEIVED

Harold Dorn (Stevens Institute of Technology) and Robert Mark (Princeton University) have rece1ved a grant of $131,835 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a research program entitled "Architecture and the Scientific Revolution ." The research will focus on the transit i on from the artist-architects of t he Renaissance to the scientist-architects (Wren and Hooke,~-~-) of the 17th century.

Thorr~s Parke Hughes (University of Pennsylvania) has received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for 1975-76, to support the concluding phases of his socio­histor1cal study of the development of electric light and power systems .

The American Council of Learned Societies in a national competition recently awarded Grants-In-Aid to ninety-four scholars from seventy academic insti t utions for post-doctoral research in the humanities and related social sciences . This program has been made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Included among the recipients were the following : (1) Diana C. Kamilli (Wellesley College), "The history of ceramic technology, Godin Tepe area, Iran"; (2) M. Jeanne Peterson (Indiana University) , "The Pagets: A 19th century English family in science, education, and the church"; (3) George D. Sussman (Vander bilt University), "Topics in the social history of 19th century France: Wet-nursing and the medical profession"; (4) Arnold w. Thackray (University of Pennsylvania), "Gentlemen o f science: The origins and early years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science"; (5) Robert S . Westman (University of California, Los Angeles) , "The diffusion of the Copernican theory 1540-1650"; and (6) Emanuel Winternitz (City Univers i ty of New York, Graduate Center , Curator Emeritus, Metropolitan Museum), "A study of Leonardo da Vinci ' s musical thoughts, activities, and inventions . "

The National Science Foundation awarded research grants in the History and Philos ophy of Science between July 1974 and August 1975 which included the following: (1) M. T . Ghiselin (University of california, Berkeley), "Impact of Darwinism on Comparative Anatomy"; (2) 0. J. Gingerich and D. A. King (American Research Center in Egypt, Inc.), "Survey of Arabic Scientific Manuscripts in Cairo "; (3) I. B. Cohen (Harvard University), "Newton's Principia: A Commentary and New Transl ation"; (4) R. Hahn (University of California, Berkeley), "Unpubl ished Works of Pierre- Simon Laplace" ; (5) T . P. Hughes (University of Pennsylvania) , "A History of Electric Light and Power Systems: 1880-1940'"; (6) C. A. Truesdell (Johns Hopkins University) , "History of Thermodynamics"; (7) W. Coleman (Marine Bioloqical Laboratory) (with F. Churchill and c. Limoges) , "History of Evolutionary Biology"; (8) A. Oleson (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) , "Conference on the History of American Scientific societies"; (9) T. s. Kuhn (Institute for Advanced Study), "The History of Quantum Phys1cs"; (10) M. Spector (SUNY, Stoney Brook), "Interrelations of Physical Theories"; (11) L. J. Burlingame (Smith College), "Lamarck's Theories of Nature and Evolution"; (12) J . L. Hei lbron (University of California , Berkeley), "Institutional­ization of Academic Physics , 1600-1900"; (13) R. H. Kargon (Johns Hopkins University), "Physical Science Research at the California Institute of Technology - 1920-1932"; (14) G · W. Szilard and H. F . York (University of California, San Diego) , "The Non-Technical Papers of Leo Szilard"; (15) L. G. Wilson (University of Minnesota) , "Lyell and the Pr oblem of the Origin of Species" ; (16) c. c. Gillispie (Princeton University), "A History of Science and Polity in France"; (17) D. L. Hull (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), "The Relationships between History, Philosophy & Sociology of Science:. A Case Stud(';. (18) , A. E. Shimony (Boston university), "Foundations of Quantum Mechan1cs and. Pro~b1l1ty Theory'; (19) R. Hahn (University of california, Berkeley) , "A symposium on Quant1tat1ve Hethods in the History of Science to be held in Berkeley, California , during J~e 1~76"; (20)" S . Goldberg (Hampshire College) , "Aspects of the History of Rece~t. Phy~1cs 1n ~rmany ; (21) R. s . Cohen (Boston University), "Some Explanations of Atom1c1ty J.n Twent1eth Century Physics"; (22) J . R. Shaw (University of Tennessee), "Studies in the Struct~re and Function of the Heart"; (23) o . c. Lindberg (University of Wiscons~n),. "A Hlstory o~ Optics"; (24) H. M. Lacey (Swarthmore College) , "Theoretical Confhct 1n Psychology ;

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(25) H. Rouse (University of Iowa), "HydrauJ.ics in the United States"; (26) D. N. Siegel (University of wisconsin), "Aspects of 1-laxwell' s Early Electromagnetic Theory"; (27) R. s. Westfall (Indiana university) "Biography of Isaac Newton"; (28) A. Oleson (American Academy of Arts & Sciences), "Publishing Costs of the Early History of American Learned and Scientific Societies"; (29) w. A. Wallace (Catholic university), "Galilee's Early Thought and Scientific Development"; (30) A. I. Sabra (Harvard University), "The Development of Optics as a Science"; (31) P. L. Farber (Oregon State University), "Systematics and the Development of Zoology"; (32) W. B. Provine (Cornell University), "Genetics in Relation to Evolution: 1900-1959"; (33) J. D. Burchfield (Northern Illinois University), "John Tyndall and the London View of Science"; (34) Henry Andrews (University of Connecticut), '·A History of Paleobotany"; (35) Martin Klein (Yale University), "Studies in the History of Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Physics"; (36) Leslie Burlingame (Smith College), "Lamarck's Theories of Nature and Evolution"; (37) Edward Carter and Darwin Stapleton (Maryland P.istorical Society), "Origins of J.merican Engineering : Benjamin Henry Latrobe"; (38) James Hart (with Arthur Norberg) (University of California, Berkeley), "History of Science and Technology in the Western United States" ; (391 Arnold Thackray (University of Pennsylvania), "Indicators of Chemical Science"; and (40) Frederick Burkhardt (American Council of Learned Societies), "Collected Letters of Charles Darwin".

In addition, the following students received NSF support for their doctoral dissertation research: Robert M. Friedman (Johns Hopkins University), John E. Lesch (Princeton University), and Lois I. Abromitis (Bro~~ University).

APPOINTMENTS 1\llD PROMOTIONS

Dorian B. Kottler has been appointed Post-doctoral Associate in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota for 1975-76.

Luis M. Laita has been appointed to the cathematics department of the Vniverslty of Seville, Spain .

Judith W. Leavitt has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of the History of ~~dicine , University of Wisconsin Center for Health Sciences, Madison.

Michal Hc~lahon has been appointed senior fellow in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania.

Keith A. Nier has been appointed Post-doctoral Associate in the History of science and Technology at the University of Minnesota for 1975-76 .

William R. l~oodward has been appointed Instructor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire, with primary responsibility for teaching the history of psychology .

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

. Neal Grossman was appoi~ted Visiting Professor in the Department of History and Ph1losophy of Sc1ence at Ind1ana University for the fall semester 1974-75 .

. Michael Rus~ was appoin~ed Vis~ting Professor in the Department of History and Phllosophy of Sc1ence at Ind1ana Unlversity for the spring semester 1974-75.

DISSERTATIONS IN PROGRESS OR RECENTLY CO~IPLETED

Note: If avail~le~ please supply the Dissertation Abstracts reference number in the future when subm1tt1ng announcements on dissertations completed.

University of Chicago

Judith W. Leavitt, "Public Health in t1ilwaukee 1867-1910" (completed).

University of Maryland, College Park Philip Joseph Pauly, "Vortices-and Vibrations:

Research Program" (M.A. thesis completed). The Rise and Fall of a Scientific

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University of Notre Dame Luis ~1. Laita, "A Study of the Genesis of Boolean Logic" (completed).

University of Oklahoma William NcLean Sudduth , "The Electrical Decomposition of Water: A Case Study in

the Relationship of Theory and Experiment in Electrical and Chemi cal Science, 1746-1800" (in progress).

Martha Ellen Webb, "The Origin of David Hartley's Observations £!! ~ and its Reception in the Eighteenth Century" (in progress).

~n4versity of Wisconsin William B. Ashworth, Jr., "The Sense of the Past in English Scientific Thought of

the Early 17th Century: The Impact of the Historical Revolution" (completed). Jean-Claude Guedon, "The Still Life of a Transition: Chemistry in the Encyclopedic"

(completed) . Robert A. Hatch, "Ismael Boulliau (1605-1694), Astronomer, Savant" (in progress). Bruce MacLaren, "John Pecham's Tractatus de sphera: A Critical Edition and

Translation" (in progress) . Stephen C. McCluskey, "Nicole Oresme on Light, Color, and the Rainbow: An Edition

and Translation, with Introduction and Critical Notes, of Part of Book Three of His Questiones super quattuor libris metheororum" (completed).

Phyllis Anderson Neyer, "The Delaney Clause: Science and Public Health" (in progress). Susan Laura Miller, "New York State Government Support of Science, 1777-1825" (in

progress) . Albert E. ~Ioyer , "Scientific Orientations of 1\merican Physicists circa 1880-1905"

(in progress) . Arthur L. Norberg , "Simon Newcomb and Nineteenth-Century Positional Astronomy"

(completed) . Alan J . Rocke , "Origins of the Structural Theory in Organic Chemistry" (completed) . Susan F. Schultz, "Thomas C. Chamberlin : A Scientific Biography of an American

Geologist and Educator" (in progress). A. Mark Smith, "Book V of Witelo's Perspectiva" (in progress) . Anthony N. Stranges, "The Electron Theory of Valence: 1900-1925" (completed) . Michael Tang, "The Intellectual Context of John l~ilkins' s Essay Toward a Real

Character and ~ Philosophical Language" (completed). --- - --Philip M. Teigen, "Richard Seymere's 'Golden Workes of Phisecke & Surgury' (ca.

1576)" (in progress). Joella G. Yoder, "Christiaan Huygens ' Theory of Evolutes: Its Mathematical

Development and Physical Application" (in progress). J . Peter Zetterberg, "'Mathematicall Magick' in England, 1570 to 1650" (in progress).

~University Alice Levine Baxter, "Edmund Beecher Wilson and the Problem of Development: From

the Germ Layer Theory to the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance" (completed; pg. ref . 36/01, p. 502-A, microfilm order #75-15285).

Mary Ellen Bowden , "The scientific Revolution in Astrology: The English Reformers, 1558-1686" (completed; pg. ref. 36/01, p . 502-A, microfilm order #75-15288).

Paul Arthur Hanle, "Erwin Schroedinger's Statistical Mechanics, 1912-1925" (completed) .

Malcolm Jay Kottler, "The Evolutionary Thought of George J. Romanes" (in progress). William Ray woodward, "The Medical Realism of R. Hermann Lotze" (completed).

REQUEST FOR JOB INFORMATION

Individuals in colleges , universities, and other institutions having knowledge of possible or definite job openings are urged to relay such information to the Secretary of the Society, Dr . Roger H. stuewer, as soon as possible for publication in the Newsletter. Such sharing of job information is consistent with the general sentiment that members of the HSS expressed on the desirability of open listing of available positions.

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JOB OPENINGS

The positions listed below are new openings that have been brought to the attention of the secretary. Other new openings should also be brought to his attention a s soon as possible. All inquiries should be addressed to the institution having the opening , and only serious and qualified persons shoul d apply. I t is assumed that the positions listed are in fact open at the time of publication. The Society, however, can assume no responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the listing .

1. University of California, Santa Barbara 93106. Position : For Spring Quarter 1976 (April-June) Description: Teach two undergraduate courses .

technology, science and society, history of biological Deadline for applications: January 1, 1976. Contact: Professor Lawrence Badash , Department Note: The University of California is an equal

employer.

2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.

only. Preferred topics are histor y of sciences.

of History. opportunity/affirmative action

Position: Assistant Professor of the History of Science and Head Tutor. Description: Responsibility for one course (or seminar) each semester and

administration of the Department's undergraduate tutorial program . Applicants ~~y have interests in fields including the history of science, the history of medicine, and t he history of technology. The initial appointment is for three years with possible renewal f or an additional three years . Candidates must have completed a Ph.D . by the time of appointment (July 1, 1976) . Applications will be accepted through January 5, 1976 . The Department is an affirmative action employer .

Contact: Professor Everett Mendelsohn, Chairperson.

3. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 60616 . Position: Assistant Professor, History of Technology, beginning fall 1976. Description: Historian of modern technology (19th- 20th centuries) with active

research interest in social dimensions of technology . Candidates must have the Ph.D. by September, 1976. Affirmative Action procedures followed.

Contact: Or. Henry Knepler, Chairman, Department of Humanities, Illinois I nstitute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616 .

4. University of Naryland , College Park 20742. Position: Chairman, Department of History. Description (as quoted from search committee statement) : "Though it would be

pleasing if the new chairman were a specialist in a field for which the Department needs additional staffing (e.g., Renaissance and Reformation, Middle East History, or Urban History), the subject matter specialty will be secondary and not controlling. The search Committee will seek the best qualified person for the position, but it will be alert to affirmative action/equal opportunity considerations, and invites nomination of minority candidates for the appointment •..• The salary will be commensurate with the qualities of the appointee and wi 11 be at tractive . "

Contact: Pr ofessor Wayne s. Col e, Department of History.

5. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824 . Position: Full Professor or Associate Professor of the History of Psychology,

beginning fall 1976 . Applicants at the Assistant Professor level with appropriate qualifications wi ll also be considered.

Description: Teaching experience, published research, a program of research in history of psychology essential. Responsibilities include supervision of graduate research, teaching undergraduate/graduate courses in history of psychology. Also teach psychology courses outside the history specialty. Send vita, cover letter describing current research/teaching interests/experience, selected reprints; list names of four references.

is an

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Affirmat ive Action/Equal Opportuni t y Employer . Contact : Ms. Janet Clukay, Search Committee Coordinat or, Department of Psychology .

6. University of Pitt sburgh, Pi ttsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260. Position : Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy of Science .

. Description: Applications are invited for an appointment to the above position . The fLeld.of specialization in history of science is open, but should complement rather than duplLcate present Departmental strengths. A competence in medical ethics is high l y desirable . Candidates who have not f ully completed the Ph . D. will be considered for an appointment as Instructor.

Note: The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Contact : Professor Kenneth Philosophy of Science, 223 Loeffler

F. Schaffner, Chairperson , Department of History and Bldg.

ADDENDA

ANNUAL PROGRAM 1975- 1976 OF THE BOSTON COLLOQUIUH FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)

The followi ng constitutes the annual p rogram for 1975-1976 of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, to be held at Boston University . September~: Haria Louisa Dalla Chiara , "Is There a Logic of Empirical Sciences?"; September 23 : Heinz R. Post , "The Misuse of Models in Physics"; October 14 : Werner Leinfellner, "~larxian Paradigms Versus Microeconomic Structures"; November 4: Sandra G. Harding, "Competence Versus Performance i n the Growth of Scient i f i c Knowledge"; November 18: Rohi t Parikh , "Effectiveness--Does the Orthodox Church View Need Re-Examination?"; December 2 : Richard C. Lewontin and Robert Trivers, "Natural Sel ection and Human Behavior" ; January27: Michael A. Simon, "On the Relevance of Biology to Understanding Human Social Beh~ior"; February 10: Alasdair Macintyre, "Social Sci ence Hethodology as the Ideology of Authority in Organization . The Moral Universe of the Corporate Executive "; February 24: Spiro J. Latsis , "The Status of the Rationality Principle in the Social Sciences " ; March 16: Leon Eisenberg , "The Apparition of Clonal Man"; Harch 23: J. M. Moravcsik, "Formal Languages and Natural Languages : A Tenable Duali sm"; l\Pi?flG: Armand Si egel , "Tracking Down the Hisplaced Concreton in the Neurosciences"; April lJ: Brian F. McGuinness, "Knowledge and Verification in the Tr actatus" ; Apri l ~: Caroline Whitbeck , "Causation in Medicine : The Disease Model"; May _!: Risto l:iilpi nen, "Theories of Plausibility". For further information, write Professor Robert S. Cohen , Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 .

ANNUAL PROGRM4 1975-1976 OF THE INTERDISCIPLI NARY COLLOQUIUM IN THE HU~IAN SCIENCES (CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES)

The following constitutes the annual program for 1975-1976 of the Interdisciplinary Colloquium in the Human Sciences, to be held at the California State University, Los Angeles. October 15: J acob Marshak, "The Or ganizer 's Decision-Maki ng" ; November 6 : Wendy Allen, "On Rat i onality , Values , Scientific Knowledge, and the Social Sciences"; November 19: Ralph E. Strauch, "Model s, Mathematics, and Reality : Some Thoughts on the Role of Mathematics in Knowing the World"; December _!: Kenneth Koford , "An Economic 'l'heory of Legislatures"; January .!,!: Seyrr.our L. Chapin, "The Fr ench Academy of Sciences: Focus of Enl ightenment"; January 29: Eugene R. Fingerhut, "Alexander Hamilton : A Political Realist"; February 4: Andre Goddu, "Analogy and History in the Philosophy of Science"; Febr uary 11: Max R-:- Mickey, "Quantitative Concepts for Child Devel opment"; February 26: Alan R. Sweezy, "Inflation vs. Unempl oyment: The Dilemma of .Modem Economics":" March 3: Terr y R. Krandal, "The Sociology o f Knowledge: A Restatement"; Apri l '!._: Dennis ~~-:- Ray, "The Meaning of Economic Development"; April 29: Nikolai Pulchritudoff , "The Charact erization of Growth Phenomena"; May .!.!_: Erika George , "How Business Enterprise Views Social Responsibi l ity"; May 3.'!...: Earl 0 . Stephens, "The Economics of Alternative Strategies for Reducing Automobile Pollut ion of the Environment" . For f urther information, write Profe ssor John c. Howe , Department of Economics and Statistics, 5151 State University Drive , Los Angeles, California 90032.

Postmaster: Return postage guaranteed.

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