1. Olivier, C, History of the Leander McCormick Observatory circa 1883 to 1928, Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory of the University of Virginia, volume 11, part 26, Charlottesville, Virginia: The University, 1967, pp. 203-209
2. Goldfield, D., Still Fighting the Civil War: The American South and Southern History., Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2002, Chapter 1, especially pp. 20-21.
3. Olivier, C., History of the Leander McCormick Observatory Circa 1883 to 1928, in Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory, volume 11, part 26, Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1967.
4. Rendtel, J. and R. Arlt, Editors, Handbook for Meteor Observers, Potsdam, Germany: International Meteor Organization, 2009, pp. 123 and 160-163. See also: http://www.imo.net
5. Olivier, C., 175 Parabolic Orbits and other results deduced from over 6200 meteors; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N.S. Vol. 22, Part 1, 1911, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. This is Olivier’s doctoral dissertation.