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  2. Halley Lectures - Wikipedia

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    The Halley Lectures are a series of annual public lectures hosted by the University of Oxford, in memory of the astronomer Edmond Halley.Currently, some podcasts of the lectures can be found through the Oxford Physics Public Lectures [1] These lectures aim to promote public understanding and engagement with science, mathematics, and related fields, and to inspire new generations of researchers ...

  3. Edmond Halley - Wikipedia

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    Halley, Edmond, An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) Halley, Edmond, Some Considerations about the Cause of the Universal Deluge (1694) A synopsis of the astronomy of comets By Edmund Halley, Savilian Professor of Geometry, at Oxford; And Fellow of the Royal Society. Translated from the Original, printed at Oxford ...

  4. De motu corporum in gyrum - Wikipedia

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    De motu corporum in gyrum [a] (from Latin: "On the motion of bodies in an orbit"; abbreviated De Motu [b]) is the presumed title of a manuscript by Isaac Newton sent to Edmond Halley in November 1684.

  5. When Knowledge Conquered Fear - Wikipedia

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    The three historical figures featured in the episode's narrative sequence, from left to right, Edmund Halley (1656 – 1742), Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703) and Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) The episode begins with Tyson describing how we were born into this world without an explanation of our surroundings, much like a baby abandoned on a doorstep.

  6. Messier 13 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, [2] and cataloged by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764, [9] into his list of objects not to mistake for comets; Messier's list, including Messier 13, eventually became known as the Messier catalog. [10] It is located at right ascension 16 h 41.7 m, declination +36° 28'. Messier 13 is often ...

  7. Johann Georg Palitzsch - Wikipedia

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    In his 1705 book Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets, Edmond Halley had calculated that a comet seen in 1682 was the same one seen in 1607 and 1531, which was orbiting the Sun due to Newton's laws of motion, and that it would therefore return in 1758. Both Halley and Newton had since died.

  8. Robur Carolinum - Wikipedia

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    Robur Carolinum (Latin for Charles' oak) was a constellation created by the English astronomer Edmond Halley in 1679. The name refers to the Royal Oak where Charles II was said to have hidden from the troops of Oliver Cromwell after the Battle of Worcester. [1] It was between the constellations of Centaurus and Carina, extending into half of Vela.

  9. Mural instrument - Wikipedia

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    Edmond Halley, due to the lack of an assistant and only one vertical wire in his transit, confined himself to the use of a mural quadrant built by George Graham after its erection in 1725 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Bradley's first observation with that quadrant was made on 15 June 1742. [1]