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Edmond Halley néha „Edmund”, ( Haggerston, 1656. november 8. – Greenwich, 1742. január 14.) angol csillagász, geofizikus, matematikus, meteorológus és fizikus; kiemelkedő polihisztor természettudós. John Flamsteed után ő volt a második királyi csillagász (Astronomer Royal) .
10 ago 2021 · Edmond Halley – traditionally pronounced to rhyme with “alley” – was born on November 8, 1656, in Haggerston, England (part of today’s London), to a well-to-do merchant family.
11 dic 2018 · Edmond Halley is best remembered for predicting the orbit of the comet that was later named after him. Besides astronomy, he also made significant discoveries in the fields of geophysics ...
Edmond Halley - Astronomer, Comet, Scientist: Halley’s concern with practical applications of science, such as problems of navigation, reflects the influence on the Royal Society of British author Francis Bacon, who held that science should be for the “relief of man’s estate.” Though wide-ranging in his interests, Halley displayed a high degree of professional competence that ...
Edmond Halley. Iz arabščine je delno prevedel Apolonijevo delo De sectione rationis (1706). Da bi določil starost Zemlje s pomočjo slanosti oceanov je leta 1715 naredil prvi znanstveni poskus. Pri tem je dejal: »Tako smo dobili dokaz, na podlagi katerega lahko izračunamo starost vseh stvari.«
2 giorni fa · Edmond (sometimes Edmund) Halley was born on 8 November 1656 on the eastern edge of London. While at Oxford University, Halley was introduced to John Flamsteed, the astronomer royal.
Halley’s Comet Summary. Halley’s Comet, the first comet whose return was predicted and, almost three centuries later, the first to be imaged up close by interplanetary spacecraft. In 1705 English astronomer Edmond Halley published the first catalog of the orbits of 24 comets. His calculations showed that comets observed.
