Sherburne Wesley Burnham

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According to Wikipedia, Sherburne Wesley Burnham was an American astronomer. For more than 50 years Burnham spent all his free time observing the heavens, mainly concerning himself with binary stars. Biography Sherburne Wesley Burnham was born in Thetford, Vermont. His parents were Roswell O. Burnham and Marinda Burnham.

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Measures of the Stars noted as double in Krueger's Catalogue of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Zone 55° to 65°. (190)
Double Star Observations made in 1877–8 at Chicago with the 18$\frac12$-inch Refractor of the Dearborn Observatory, comprising, I. A Catalogue of 251 Double Stars; II. Micrometrical Measures of 500 Double Stars. (Abstract.) (1878) (189)
Invisible Double Stars (1891) (188)
Double star observations made in 1877-8 at Chicago with the 18 1/2-inch refractor of the Dearborn observatory. Comprising: I. A catalogue of 251 new double stars with measures. II. Micrometrical measures of 500 double stars. (188)
Seventh catalogue of new double stars (1876) (187)
A General Catalogue of Double Stars Within 121 of the North Pole (1907) (21)
Note on Hind's Variable Nebula in Taurus (1890) (11)
The Trapezium of Orion (1889) (9)
Double‐Star Observations (6)
Double Star Discoveries and Measures (5)
Orbit of Sirius (1893) (4)
RECENT DISCOVERIES RELATING TO THE DOUBLE STARS OF THE DORPAT CATALOUGE. (1881) (4)
The Discovery of κ Pegasi as a close Double Star (1880) (3)
Catalogue of 81 Double Stars, discovered with a 6-inch Alvan Clark Refractor (1873) (3)
A General Catalogue of the Double Stars discovered by S. W. Burnham from 1871 to 1899, arranged in order of Right Ascension. (2)
Double Star Observations made at the Lick Observatory in 1892 (2)
NOTES ON DOUBLE STARS. (1889) (2)
Double stars discovered by Mr. Alvan G. Clark (1879) (2)
A Fifth Catalogue of 71 New Double Stars (1874) (2)
Report of the Committee on Standards of Stellar Magnitude (1881) (2)
A Fourth Catalogue of 47 New Double Stars, discovered with a 6-inch Alvan Clark Refractor (1873) (1)
The Orbit of δ Cygni (1897) (1)
Ninth Catalogue of New Double Stars, discovered with the 6-inch Refractor (1877) (1)
Observations of the transit of Mercury, 1881, November 7, at Mount Hamilton, California (1882) (1)
A list of 88 new double stars discovered and micrometrically measured at the Washburn Observatory from April 23 to September 30, 1881 (1)
The Orbit of τ Cygni (1893) (1)
New Double Stars, discovered in 1892, and measures (1893) (1)
Double-star Observations made in 1879 and 1880 with the 18½ inch Refractor of the Dearborn Observatory, Chicago, US (1)
The Proper Motion of Small Stars (1908) (1)
Sirius, orbit of (1897) (1)
Double Star Observations made in 1890 with the 36 inch Equatorial of the Lick Observatory (1)
NEW DOUBLE STARS. (1878) (1)
Note on the double star 99 Herculis (1)
Stars, Proper motions of, Measures of the proper motion star Sh 190 (1911) (0)
The Motion of 20 Draconis (1891) (0)
Measures of Sirius (0)
Measures of Double Stars (0)
The proper motion of BD+33°99 (0)
Measures with the 36 inch refractor of the Lick Observatory of the binary stars 48 Cassiopeiae, 99 Herculis, τ Cygni and μ Herculis (0)
The Orbit of μ Draconis (1897) (0)
The Orbit of 34 comæ Bernices (Σ 1687) and OΣ4. (1897) (0)
Second Report of the Committee on Standards of Stellar Magnitudes (1885) (0)
Measures of the Companion to Sirius (1882) (0)
The Proper Motion of H 1968 (1891) (0)
Note on the double Star 0 σ 537 (0)
The Double Star, Σ3123 (1892) (0)
Note on the double star, H 546 (0)
Note on the double star AOe2 17123 (0)
Notes in reply to Sir John Herschel's (1874) (0)
The discovery of a close companion to β Leporis (0)
Measures of the companions to Sirius (0)
Note on Schjellerup 8144 and BD. +5 4556 (0)
Correspondence - New Double Star 103 Piscium (0)
The discovery of the duplicity of the principal star of 1097 (1875) (0)
NEW COMPANION To FORNACIS. (1880) (0)
Measures of the Proper Motion Star βGC 6869 (1911) (0)
Measures of the binary star Σ 2367 (0)
85 Pegasi (β 733) (0)
The new star in Auriga (1892) (0)
MOON-NEGATIVES TAKEN AT THE LICK OBSERVATORY, 1888 AND 1890 (0)
The Nebula near Merope (1881) (0)
Note on the double star OΣ 15 (0)
Double star measures (0)
On the Duplicity of the principal Star of ν Scorpii (1874) (0)
Note on the Duplicity of the Companion to Rigel (1878) (0)
HUSSEY'S MEASURES OF THE OΣ DOUBLE STARS (1902) (0)
Proper motion of s; 182 (1900) (0)
The Companions to Regulus (1891) (0)
Observations of Nebulœ with the 36-inch Refractor of the Lick Observatory (1892) (0)
The companion to delta Cancri (1878) (0)
Double star discoveries with the 18-1/2 inch Chicago refractor (1877) (0)
The discovery of a new double star, beta Delphini (1873) (0)
Orbit of μ Draconis (1897) (0)
New companion to Aldebaran (0)
Orbit of 44 Boӧtis (H I. 15=Sh 193=Σ 1909) (1897) (0)
The discovery of the duplicity of the principal star of Σ 3018 (0)
The Motion of Σ 2525 (1891) (0)
ABSTRACTS FROM ASTRONOMICAL PUBLICATIONS (0)
Note on the Double Stars, Σ 1156 and Σ 1163 (1876) (0)
Note on the double star ∑ 2318. (0)
The multiple star Pxxiii 100 (omega sigma 496) (1880) (0)
New Companion to Fornacis (1880) (0)
Nineteenth Catalogue of New Double Stars at the Lick Observatory (0)
Note on the double star OS 487 (0)
Additional Notes Concerning Sir William Herschel's Double Stars (1874) (0)
Corrigenda [New double stars, AJ no.186] (1889) (0)
The orbit of Ophiuchi (0)
Double star measures made with the 40‐inch refractor of the Yerkes Observatory (0)
Measures of the binary stars, 3 Delphini and 85 Pegasi (1891) (0)
Comparison Stars for Halley's Comet (0)
The Motion of ζ Cancri (1892) (0)
Correspondence - The Double Stars, B. A. C. 6504; New Double Stars in Lepus (0)
The Struve Double Stars by Lewis (1906) (0)
The Period of the Double-Star Delta Equulei (ΟΣ 535) (1883) (0)
New companion to Σ 1594 (1903) (0)
β Leonis and B.A.C. 3992 (1878) (0)
Note on the double star, Σ 2344 (0)
The Relative Motion of the Components of γ Leonis (1898) (0)
The Motion of Σ 1819 (1893) (0)
Errors and Omissions in the Catalogue of Sir William Herschel's Double-Stars (1873) (0)
Stars, Proper motions of, Measures of a small star with a large proper motion (1911) (0)
Measures of a Faint proper-motion Star (1911) (0)
Note on the Double Stars, Σ 1801 and O Σ 265 (1874) (0)
A New Binary Star, β581 (1892) (0)
The Orbit of OΣ 400 (1898) (0)
Anderson's New Star in Auriga (1892) (0)
Measures of Planetary Nebulœ with the 36-inch Equatoreal of the Lick Observatory (1891) (0)
Measures of Barnard's new Merope nebula (0)
Recent Lick Observatory Work (1905) (0)
The Binary Star ∑ 1785 (1892) (0)
The Orbit of γ Andromedœ BC (1893) (0)
Hints on Double-Star Observing (1882) (0)
COMPANION OF SIRIUS, 1890. (1890) (0)
The double star, Σ 1216 (1892) (0)
The double star, 85 Pegasi (0)
Sixth Catalogue of 90 new double stars discovered with a 6‐inch refractor (0)
Stars, Parallax of :- The proper motions of the small star near 17 Lyræ (1911) (0)
Note on the dobule star s; 107 (1900) (0)
The Companions of Aldebaran (1891) (0)
Orbit of 44 Boötis (2 plates) (1897) (0)
DIFFERENCES OF DECLINATION FOR VALUE OF THE 36-INCH MICROMETER-SCREW (1890) (0)
A new method of bright wire illumination for position micrometers (1882) (0)
The Orbit of 40 Eridani, Σ 518 (1893) (0)
The close pair of the triple system γ Andromedae (0Σ 38) (0)
To Double Star Observers (0)
Note on the Double Star, Σ 707 (1874) (0)
HOW TO OBTAIN COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THE LICK OBSERVATORY (1890) (0)
Early life of E. E. Barnard (0)
How to find the orbit of a double star by a graphical method, (Illustrated.) (0)
The Planetary Nebula in Cygnus (R.A. 21h 2m, Decl. $47^{\circ} \,{22}^{\prime}$ (1881) (0)
Note on the double star, 0Σ 271 rej. (0)
A Catalogue of Red Double Stars (1876) (0)
The orbit of Struve 269 (1891) (0)
The Proper Motion of Σ 1321 (1891) (0)
Note on the double star ∑ 547 (0)
Companion of η Pegasi (0)
The new binary, beta 639 (1892) (0)
The Motion of the Double Star, β 612 (1891) (0)
Corrections and Additions to the Observations of Sirius (1891) (0)
The double star, OΣ 224 (1892) (0)
An Examination of the Double-Star Measures of the Bedford Catalogue (1880) (0)
The Orbit of κ Pegasi (β 989) (1891) (0)
Corrrespondence - The Duplicity of the Companion to Regulus; New Double Star, µ Libræ. (0)
Note on the Double Star H I. 62 (1877) (0)
Re-discovery of the double star HI. 41 (1875) (0)
The Binary Star, β Delphini (=β 151) (1881) (0)
Recent Discoveries Relating to the Double Stars of the Dorpat Catalogue (1881) (0)
An Examination of the Place of Tycho Brahe's Star (1890) (0)
Note on the Double Star 31 Leonis (1903) (0)

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