Orange County NcArchives Biographies.....Cain, William 
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Source: Who's Who in America
Author: John W. Leonard

Cain, William,
prof. Mathematics, Univ. of NC, since 1889;
b. Hillsboro, NC, May 14, 1847;
s. William and S.J. (Bailey) C.;
grad. NC Mil. and Polytechnic Inst., 1865 (A.M.);
was civ. eng'r 8 yrs.;
prof. mathematics and civ. eng'ring at Carolina Mil. Inst, 5 yrs.;
at S.C. Mil. Acad., Charleston, 7 yrs.
Unmarried.
Author: Theory of Voussoir Arches, Solid and Braced Elastic Arches, Steel-
Concrete Arches and Vaulted Structures, Bridges and Retaining Walls, Symbolic 
Algebra (all in Van Nostrand's Science Series), V1.
Condb'r of scientific jours.
Address: Chapel Hill, NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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