ALSBERG, CARL LUCAS

(1877), biologist and chemist; b. New York. He was educated at Columbia, receiving in 1900 the M.D. degree of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of that university; and also studied at the universities of Stra burg and Berlin. Later he taught physiological and_ biological chemistry at Harvard and was an investigator at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. From 1908 to 1921 he performed further scientific work for the government as chemical biologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry and as chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. In 1921 he became director of the Stanford Food Research Institute. tains, Siberia and Mongolia, Asia; separate Semiryechensk, Ru ia, from E. Turkestan, and outline Gobi Desert on N. Kolyvan A. or Sailughem chain extends N. E. from A. proper to Sayan range. A. proper stretch E. in two parallel ranges to Gobi. Latter constituted chiefly of gnei and Arcehan rocks; former of granites, schists, slate, with Carboniferous and Devonian deposits. Flora includes alpine and herbaceous plants. Minerals include gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead. Inhabitants engage in agriculture. Chief town,