Excerpt from Distinguished Residents of Washington, D. C: Science, Art, Industry; Biological Sketches and References In presenting this book to the public the author wishes to permit no other motive for its inception and publica tion than the desire to render due acknowledgment and credit to those men and women of Washington, D. C., who have attained special distinction in the various fields of art, science and industry. It is not presumed that all such have been included; far from it! But that the list herein is largely representative of those pre eminent and most distinguished cannot be denied. This is especially true of the scientific representatives, those highly intellectual men who are constantly searching the hidden and most valuable principles and storerooms of nature, and by their ceaseless and skillful efforts revealing more of the beauties, wonders and benefits of creation. Our country is in the forefront for intelligent' and fruitful research, as well as in the other vocations for mankind's advancement and comfort, and no city in the entire country proportionately presents such a large col lection of brilliant, useful and distinguished results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.