Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Smithsonian Report. 1929.—Willis. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. 1843-1928 THOMAS CHROWDER CHAMBERLIN (1843-1928) Bt Bailey Willis [With 1 plate] Aristotle, 322 B. C; Copernicus, 1543 A. D.; Galileo, 1642; Newton, 1727;Laplace, 1827; Darwin, 1882; Chamberlin, 1928. The names of great original thinkers are milestones along the pathof exploration that penetrates the domain of the unknown. Cham-berlins is the latest. He has led into new realms where for a whileothers will survey and establish monuments, but whence also another,so
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Smithsonian Report. 1929.—Willis. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. 1843-1928 THOMAS CHROWDER CHAMBERLIN (1843-1928) Bt Bailey Willis [With 1 plate] Aristotle, 322 B. C; Copernicus, 1543 A. D.; Galileo, 1642; Newton, 1727;Laplace, 1827; Darwin, 1882; Chamberlin, 1928. The names of great original thinkers are milestones along the pathof exploration that penetrates the domain of the unknown. Cham-berlins is the latest. He has led into new realms where for a whileothers will survey and establish monuments, but whence also another,some great follower of his example, will again strike out in search ofknowledge. He was a great master of research. Few among living investigatorshave demonstrated equal capacity for inquiry. Very few indeed havesustained equal flights of constructive imagination yet kept in touchwith the realities. None, in preparing for such flights, has morethoroughly utilized the resources of advancing science or more rigor-ously tested the records of altitudes attained. Chamberlin fortunately lived during an epoc
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