Edmond Halley
1656-1742
English astronomer and physicist famous for predicting the 1758 return of Halley's comet and for the instrumental role he played in the publication of Isaac Newton...
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Sir Edmond Halley
1656-1742
English Astronomer and Physicist
Edmond Halley is best known for predicting the return of the comet that today bears his name and for the instrumental role he played in the...
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Halley, Edmond (1656-1743)
English astronomer
The son of a wealthy merchant, Edmond Halley was attracted to astronomy after seeing two comets as a child. By the age of eighteen, he had found errors in...
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The son of a wealthy merchant, Halley was attracted to astronomy after seeing two comets as a child. By the age of 18 he had found errors in authoritative tables on the positions of Jupiter and Saturn...
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The son of a wealthy merchant, Halley was attracted to astronomy after seeing two comets as a child. By the age of eighteen he had found errors in authoritative tables on the positions of Jupiter and ...
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The English astronomer Edmund Halley (1656-1742) studied the orbital movements of the moon and of comets and discovered the proper motion of the fixed stars.The son of a prosperous London soap-boiler,...
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Edmond Halley
Halley, Edmond (1656-1743)
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
Edmund Halley