Excerpt from Science Progress, Vol. 5
HE death of any discoverer - of any one who has added largely to the sum of human knowledge affords a reason for inquiring what his work was and how he accomplished it. This inquiry has interest even when the work has been completed in a few years and has been limited toa single line of investigation - much more when the life has been associated with the origin and develop ment of a new science and has extended over half a century.
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