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Hoffleit, Dorrit. Leavitt, Henrietta Swan. In Notable
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CT3260.N57, v. 2
Kuhn, Karl F. Henrietta Leavitt. In his Astronomy:
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QB43.2.K835 1989
The portrait appears on p. 540.
La Cotardière, Philippe de. La gloire confisquée
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Includes two boxes, "Céphéides et RR Lyrae" (p. 70), and "Les
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Lang, Harry G., and Bonnie Meath-Lang. Henrietta
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Lorenzen, Michael. Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921),
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Notes (3): p. 236. Bibliography: p. 236-237.
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Roy, Jean R. Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921). In
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Thaler, Sebastian. Henrietta Leavitt, 1868-1921.
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The portrait accompanying this sketch is not of Leavitt. Her
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HQ1101.E5, v. 37
Reports the announcement by the Harvard Observatory of the "discovery
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Marvin, Ursula Bailey
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