"A Photographic Study of the Proper Motion of Nearby Stars." In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 88, 1944.
1944 · Philadelphia:
by VAN DE KAMP, Peter (1901-1995).
Philadelphia:: American Philosophical Society, 1944., 1944. 4to. (Article): 372-374 pp. (Whole volume): iii, 536 pp. Articles, photos, figs., tables. Green boards, gilt spine. Blind stamp of Mount Wilson Observatory. Fine. Van de Kamp was a Pennsylvania astronomer who devoted most of his life to the study of stars, and in the analysis of photographs from 1916-1962 mistakenly identified a new planet in relation to his work on Barnard's star. (Inventory #: S7830)
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