The Laplacian and Gaussian Orbit Methods
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1940.
First edition. Complimentary copy inscribed on behalf of Samuel Herrick Jr. and the Los Angeles Astronomical Department on front free endpaper; could be in Herrick's hand or a secretarial inscription. [iv], 56 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Near Fine with light shelf wear. A descendant of the poet Robert Herrick, Samuel Herrick Jr. (1911-1974) was an astronomer who worked with Robert Goddard on celestial mechanics and rocket navigation, contributing to the development of the American space program. His papers are held at Virginia Tech; he is described by that institution as being "generally recognized as the founder of the field of astrodymanics."
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