Growing Dissatisfaction at Warner Observatory

Kronk, Gary W.

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Gary W. Kronk³

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After many years of productive research at Warner Observatory, a growing number of problems began taking a toll on Swift’s observations.

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1.
L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1884 Dec. 12).
2.
L. E. Thane, “The Observatory at Rochester, N. Y.,” The Sunday Call (1891 Nov. 29), p. 13 col. 6.
3.
L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1883 Sep. 12).
4.
L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1883 Oct. 11).
5.
L. E. Thane, “The Observatory at Rochester, N. Y.,” The Sunday Call (1891 Nov. 29), p. 13 col. 6.
6.
L. Swift, “Discovery of Nebulae,” Astronomy and Astro-Physics, 11 (1892), p. 197.
7.
“Electricity and Astronomy,” The Evening Telegram (1892 May 26), p. 8, col. 4.
8.
“May Be Abandoned,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Jun. 4), p. 11, col. 3.
9.
“May Be Abandoned,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Jun. 4), p. 11, col. 3.
10.
“Professor Swift Going West,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Jul. 29), p. 10, col. 7.
11.
“Want to Keep the Telescope,” New York Times (1892 Aug. 12) p. 2, col. 1.
12.
“It will be Moved,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Aug. 13), p. 6, col. 6.
13.
“Site for the Observatory,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Aug. 18), p. 8, col. 5.
14.
“How Professor Swift Has Searched For and Discovered Nebulae,” The Evening Telegram (1892 Sep. 3), p. 2, col. 5.
15.
“Coming to Denver,” Rocky Mountain News (1892 Nov. 13), p. 2, col. 2.
16.
“Want A Comet Chaser,” Rocky Mountain News (1892 Nov. 14), p. 3, col. 2.
17.
“Want A Comet Chaser,” Rocky Mountain News (1892 Nov. 14), p. 3, col. 2.
18.
“May Comet Here,” The Springfield Leader (1892 Nov. 30), p. 4, col. 6.
19.
“To Be or Not To Be,” Arizona Weekly Citizen (1893 Jan. 7), p. 2, col. 1.
20.
“Aspect of Holmes Comet,” The World (1893 Jan. 31), p. 1, col. 5.
21.
L. Swift, “A Rare Celestial Phenomenon,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Feb. 5), p. 4, col. 5.
22.
L. Swift, “Catalogue No. 10 of Nebulae discovered at the Warner Observatory,” Astronomische Nachrichten, 129 (1892 May 31), pp. 363–364.
23.
“New Nebulae discovered by Lewis Swift at Warner Observatory, Rochester, New York,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 53 (1893 Feb.), p. 273.
24.
“A Telescopic Comet Discovered,” Buffalo Evening News (1892 Mar. 7), p. 1, col. 4.
25.
“The Latest Comet,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Mar. 19), p. 7, col. 5.
26.
G. W. Kronk, Cometography. Volume 2. Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press (2003), pp. 674–681.
27.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 4 (1892 Jun.), p. 128.
28.
L. Swift, “Brilliant Aurorae of 1892,” Science, 20 (1892 Dec. 9), p. 323.
29.
L. Swift, “Brilliant Aurorae of 1892,” Science, 20 (1892 Dec. 9), p. 323.
30.
“Aurora’s Splendors,” Watertown Times (1892 Jul. 23), p. 6, col. 2.
31.
E. Holmes, “Discovery of a New Comet in Andromeda,” The Observatory, 15 (1892 Dec.), pp. 441–442.
32.
“The Coming Comet,” The Sun (1892 Nov. 19), p. 6, col. 4.
33.
L. Swift, “New Comets and Old,” New York Times (1892 Nov. 12), p. 1, col. 6.
34.
L. Swift, “It Is Biela,” Rocky Mountain News (1892 Nov. 24), p. 1, col. 2.
35.
“The Celestial Vagabond,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Nov. 21), p. 9, col. 4.
36.
“The Celestial Vagabond,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1892 Nov. 21), p. 9, col. 4.
37.
“The Holmes Comet,” The New York Times (1893 Jan. 31), p. 1, col. 4.
38.
“Removal of Warner Observatory from Rochester, N. Y.,” Astronomy and Astro-Physics, 12 (1893 Apr.), p. 380.
39.
“One Million Sterling,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1889 Aug. 29), p. 5, col. 6.
40.
“Pushed to the Wall,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1893 Apr. 18), p. 10, col. 6.
41.
“Pushed to the Wall,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1893 Apr. 18), p. 10, col. 5.
42.
“The H. H. Warner Company Sued,” New York Daily Tribune (1893 Apr. 23), p. 4, col. 3.
43.
“H. H. Warner’s Failure,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1893 May 10), p. 10, col. 4–5.
44.
L. Swift correspondence to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (1893 May 14).
45.
Elkhart Daily Review (1893 May 20), p. 5, col. 2.
46.
“Prof. Lewis Swift in the City,” Chicago Daily Tribune (1894 May 21), p. 10, col. 4.
47.
“Removal of the Warner Observatory,” Astronomy and Astro-Physics, 12 (1893 Jun.), p. 574.
48.
“Personal and General Notes,” New Orleans Times-Picayune (1893 Jul. 21), p. 4, col. 2.
49.
“Going to California,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1894 Mar. 25), p. 10, col. 2.
50.
“Dr. Swift’s New Location,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1894 Apr. 15), p. 8, col. 4.
51.
L. Swift, “Mt. Lowe Observatory,” Popular Astronomy, 1 (1894 May), p. 430.
52.
“Lewis Swift, Astronomer, Who Has Quadriennial Birthday, to Be 92, or 22, on February 29th,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1912 Feb. 4), p. 22, col. 6.

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Kronk, G.W. (2017). Growing Dissatisfaction at Warner Observatory. In: Lewis Swift. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63721-1_9

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