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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell, August 1, 1913

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell, August 1, 1913, 1913-08-01

Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell discussing least square solutions.

Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Telegram from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell, March 18, 1914

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Telegram from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell, March 18, 1914, 1914-03-18

Telegram from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell discussing computations of Neptune and Planet X.

Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Wrexie Leonard, November 4, 1909

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Wrexie Leonard, November 4, 1909, 1909-11-04

Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Wrexie Leonard discussing a computational error in "Planets and Their Satellites."

Unknown, George Hall Hamilton and Elizabeth Williams

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Unknown, George Hall Hamilton and Elizabeth Williams, 1920 ca.

George Hall Hamilton and Elizabeth Williams

Williams, Robert Longfellow, Elizabeth Williams with her siblings in the early 1900s

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Williams, Robert Longfellow, Elizabeth Williams with her siblings in the early 1900s, 1900 ca.

Elizabeth Williams with Ursula Louise Ring and Henry Trumbull Williams

Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Johnson O'Connor, 1917

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Johnson O'Connor, 1917, 1917-08-24

Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Johnson O'Connor discussing coordinates of Jupiter's fifth moon (Amalthea).

Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letters between Elizabeth Williams and Thomas Gill regarding least squares and machine computation, 1921

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letters between Elizabeth Williams and Thomas Gill regarding least squares and machine computation, 1921, 1903

Two letters between Elizabeth Williams and Thomas Gill discussing the publication of a method for adapting least squares to machine computation.

Unknown, Newspaper clipping about Elizabeth Williams at MIT's commencement ceremony, 1903

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Unknown, Newspaper clipping about Elizabeth Williams at MIT's commencement ceremony, 1903, 1903

Newspaper account of Elizabeth Williams' speech at MIT's commencement and her studies in math and physics at the school.

Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Trans-Neptunian planet (Planet X) computations by Elizabeth Williams

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Trans-Neptunian planet (Planet X) computations by Elizabeth Williams, 1910 ca.

Trans-Neptunian planet (Planet X) computations by Elizabeth Williams, who worked in Percival Lowell's Boston office as a computer, i.e. a person who…

Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell discussing Planet X calculations

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Williams, Elizabeth Langdon, Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell discussing Planet X calculations, 1910-08-15

Letter from Elizabeth Williams to Percival Lowell discussing mathematical calculations of Planet X and Uranus. Williams worked in Lowell's Boston…

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