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Definition of Edmund Halley
1. Noun. English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742).
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Literary usage of Edmund Halley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Edmund Halley, the second astronomer royal, devoted mo& of his official attention
to the moon. But his plan of attack we not happily chosen; he carried it ..."
2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"HAGGERSTON is famous for being the birth place of the eminent Dr. Edmund Halley.
This great philosopher, one of the brightest ornaments of Great Britain, ..."
3. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1850)
"In the year 1683, Edmund Halley sketched his theory of four magnetic poles or
points of convergence, and of the periodical movement of the magnetic line ..."
4. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1905)
"The answer made to the above by Edmund Halley is: his father died in April, 1684,
... Was he a brother or the father of Edmund Halley deceased, 1684? ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"That document, presumably, recites that Edmund Halley, jun., surgeon RN, died,
circa 1740, without issue. There is, however, in the index to the fines, ..."
6. Miscellanea Curiosa: Containing a Collection of Some of the Principal by James Hodgson, William Derham, Richard Mead, Royal Society (Great Britain), Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) (1708)
"... or Equations of the third or fourth 'Power', by the help of one (given) 'Parabola
and a Circle. J$y Edmund Halley. And fince that Operation ..."
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