(1) Glacial acetic acid, forming an anilid of unsymmetrical
constitution.
(2) Hydrochloric acid forming the anil.
(3) Alcoholic potash, with the formation of colored decomposition
products.
Biographical.
The author of the foregoing dissertation was born at Wilkinsburg, Pa.,
Jan. 29., 1870. Owing to prolonged sickness in childhood his education,
prior to entering college, was much interrupted, and was largely
confined to instruction received at home.
In the fall of 1887 he entered Wooster University (Ohio), from which
institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1891. The two
following years were spent as a teacher of Sciences in the College of
Emporia (Kansas). In 1893 he entered the Johns Hopkins University where
he has since been a student of chemistry, with physics and mathematics
as subordinate studies.
In 1895 he was appointed University Scholar in Chemistry. During 1895-6
he served as lecture assistant to Prof. Remsen and Dr. Renouf in the
undergraduate courses. In the spring of 1896 he was appointed Fellow
for the present year.