Elias and Francis Loomis on Variable Stars, 1866-1869

Volume 13 number 2 (1984)

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Dorrit Hoffleit
Yale University

Abstract

The conclusions regarding variable stars (including Algol, Mira, Eta Carina, and T Coronae Borealis) reached by both Elias and Francis Loomis are summarized and compared with now current knowledge.