Edmond Halley

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By him in 1705: "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets" (Edmond) Halley $400 DJ TITLES OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS & ARTICLES 2024-12-18 #9228
Gazing into space /Ev'ry 76 years /His object flies by (Edmond) Halley $1,200 DJ THE SCIENTIST'S HAIKU 2020-11-05 #8274
In a 1694 Royal Society lecture, he suggested an astronomical cause for the biblical flood in Genesis Edmond Halley FJ SCIENTISTS 2016-12-12 #7421
This English astronomer died on Jan. 14, 1742 at age 85; that's 9 years longer than than we might have expected (Edmond) Halley DD $2,500 DJ SCIENTIFIC NON-AMERICAN 2014-07-03 #6874
In 1705 he published "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets" Edmond Halley $200 J SCIENTISTS 2000-07-18 #3672
He was almost right in predicting a comet seen in 1682 would return in 1758; it returned in 1759 (Edmond) Halley $600 DJ SCIENTISTS 1995-10-03 #2547
In 1705's "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets", this man described the orbits of 24 of them Edmond Halley $200 DJ SCIENTISTS 1992-02-12 #1723
This friend & financier of Newon held the office of Astronomer Royal from 1720-1742 Edmond Halley $400 J SCIENTISTS 1989-01-18 #1013
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