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A Mountain Resort and Lowe Observatory

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A great engineering feat was underway in southern California at the same time that Swift’s astronomical life was being turned upside down. This was the construction of a resort not far from Pasadena. The person financing this grand vision was Thaddeus Sobieski Constantin Lowe (Fig. 10.9).

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  48. 48.

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  66. 66.

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  67. 67.

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  69. 69.

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  74. 74.

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  75. 75.

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  76. 76.

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  77. 77.

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  81. 81.

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  82. 82.

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  83. 83.

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  84. 84.

    “Cars Stop on Mount Lowe,” Evening Sentinel (1896 Jul. 31), p. 3, col. 4.

  85. 85.

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  86. 86.

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  87. 87.

    “Professor Lowe in Trouble,” San Francisco Chronicle (1896 Sep. 4), p. 5, col. 3.

  88. 88.

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  89. 89.

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  90. 90.

    “Swift to Depart from Mt. Lowe,” San Francisco Call (1896 Oct. 6), p. 5, col. 1.

  91. 91.

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  92. 92.

    “Professor Swift Going East,” San Francisco Chronicle (1896 Oct. 7), p. 4, col. 2.

  93. 93.

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  94. 94.

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  95. 95.

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  96. 96.

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  97. 97.

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  98. 98.

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  99. 99.

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  100. 100.

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  101. 101.

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  103. 103.

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  104. 104.

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  105. 105.

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  106. 106.

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  107. 107.

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  108. 108.

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  109. 109.

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  110. 110.

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  111. 111.

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  112. 112.

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  114. 114.

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  116. 116.

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  118. 118.

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  119. 119.

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  120. 120.

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  121. 121.

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  122. 122.

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  123. 123.

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  124. 124.

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  125. 125.

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  126. 126.

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  127. 127.

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  128. 128.

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  129. 129.

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  130. 130.

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  131. 131.

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  132. 132.

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  133. 133.

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  134. 134.

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  135. 135.

    “An Enthusiastic Astronomer,” The Providence Journal (1900 Sep. 20), p. 4, col. 3.

  136. 136.

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1900 Sep. 28), p. 6, col. 5.

  137. 137.

    Los Angeles Herald (1900 Oct. 13), p. 8, col. 1.

  138. 138.

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  139. 139.

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  140. 140.

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Kronk, G.W. (2017). A Mountain Resort and Lowe Observatory. In: Lewis Swift. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63721-1_10

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