Edmond Halley
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English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720. From an observatory he constructed on Saint Helena in 1676–77, Halley catalogued the southern celestial hemisphere and recorded a transit of Mercury across the Sun. He realised that a similar transit of Venus could be used to determine the distances between Earth, Venus, and the Sun. Upon his return to England, he was made a fellow of the Royal Society, and with the help of King Charles II, was granted a master's degree from Oxford.
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- An historical account of the trade winds, and monsoons, observable in the seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to assign the physical cause of the said winds (197)
- Methodus nova accurata & facilis inveniendi radices æqnationum quarumcumque generaliter, sine praviæ reductione (31)
- VII. Some cosiderations about the cause of the universal Deluge, laid before the Royal Society, on the 12th of December 1694 (23)
- I. Considerations on the change of the latitudes of some of the principal fixt stars (23)
- An estimate of the quantity of vapour raised out of the sea by the warmth of the sun; derived from an experiment shown before the Royal Society, at one of their late meetings (14)
- III. Some account of the ancient state of the city of Palmyra, with short remarks upon the inscriptions found there. (13)
- A theory of the variation of the Magnetical Compass, by Mr. Ed. Halley Fellow of the R. S (12)
- An account of the circulation of the watry vapours of the sea, and of the cause of springs, presented to the Royal Society (7)
- II. An account of the evaporation of water, as it was experimented in Gresham Colledge in the Year 1693. With some observations thereon (6)
- An easie demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmick tangents to the meridian line or sum of the secants: with various methods for computing the same to the utmost exactness, by E. Halley (5)
- V. A proposition of general use in the Art of Gunnery, shewing the rule of laying a mortar to pass, in order to strike any object above or below the Horizon (4)
- A discourse concerning gravity, and its properties, wherein the descent of heavy bodies, and the motion of projects is briefly, but fully handled: together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery (3)
- VII. An account of the extraordinary meteor seen all over England, on the 19th of March 171 8/9. With a demonstration of the uncommon height thereof (3)
- An account of the course of the tides at Tonqueen in a letter from Mr. Francis Davenport July 15. 1678. with the theory of them, at the barr of Tonqueen, by the learned Edmund Halley Fellow of the Royal Society. (3)
- I. Some further considerations on the Breslaw bills of mortality (3)
- IV. A most compendious and facile method for constructing the logarithms, exemplified and demonstrated from the nature of numbers, without any regards to the hyperbola, with a speedy method for finding the number from the logarithm given (2)
- II. Some remarks on the allowances to be made in astronomical observations for the refraction of the air. By Dr. Edm. Halley, R. S. S. Astronomer Royal. with an accurate table of refractions (2)
- IV. An instance of the excellence of the modern Algebra, in the resolution of the problem of finding the foci of optick glasses universally (2)
- IV. An account of the phænomena of a very extraordinary Aurora Borealis, seen at London on November 10. 1719. both morning and evening (2)
- A discourse tending to prove at what time and place, Julius Cesar made his first descent upon Britain (1)
- II. A discourse concerning a method of discovering the true moment of the Sun's ingress into the tropical signs (1)
- I. Some remarks on a late essay of Cassini, wherein he proposes to find, by obseryation, the parallax and magnitude of Sirius, By Edmund Halley, LL. D. R. S. S (1)
- A correction of the theory of the motion of the satelite of Saturn, by that ingenious astronomer Mr. Edmund Hally. (1)
- IV. An account of several extraordinary meteors or lights in the sky. By Dr. Edmund Halley, Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxon, and Secretary to the Royal-Society (1)
- I. On the method of determining the places of the planets by observing their near appulses to the fixed stars (1)
- IV. Methodus singularis quâ solis parallaxis sive distantia à terra, ope veneris intra solem conspiciendæ, tuto determinari poterit: proposita coram Regia Societate ab Edm. Halleio J. U. D. ejusdem Societatis Secretario (1)
- IX. A discourse concerning the proportional heat of the sun in all latitudes, with the method of collecting the same, as it was read before the Royal Society in one of their late meetings (1)
- A defence of Halley against the charge of religious infidelity (1)
- IV. A collection of the observations made on the eclipse of the moon, on March 15. 1735-6. which were communicated to the Royal Society (0)
- II. Some queries concerning the nature of light, and diaphanous bodies. Proposed to the Royal Society by E. Halley (0)
- IX. A letter from Mr. Halley of June the 7th. 97. concerning the Torricellian experiment tryed on the top of Snowdon-hill and the success of it (0)
- VIII. Some farther thoughts upon the same subject, delivered on the 19th of the same month (0)
- IX. A proposal for measuring the height of places, by help of the barometer of Mr. Patrick, in which the scale is greatly enlarged (0)
- VIII. Some remarks upon the method of observing the differences of right ascension and declination by cross hairs in a telescope (0)
- An account of the measure of the thickness of gold upon gilt-wire, together with a demonstration of the exceeding minuteness of the atoms or constituent particles of gold; as it was read before the R. Society, by E. Halley (0)
- V. Of the infinity of the sphere of fix'd stars. By Edmund Halley, L. L. D. R. S. S (0)
- I. Remarks upon some dissertations lately publish'd at Paris, by the Rev. P. Souciet, against Sir Isaac Newton's chronology (0)
- I. The longitude of Buenos Aires, determin'd from an observation made there by Pere Feuillèe (0)
- III. An account of the appearance of Mercury, passing over the Sun's disk, on the 29th of October, 1723 determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes of that planet's orb (0)
- I. An observation of the end of the total lunar eclipse on the 5th of March 1718. observed near the Cape of Good Hope, serving to determine the longitude thereof. With remarks thereon (0)
- VI. Observations of latitude and variation, taken on board the Hartford, in her passage from Java Head to St. Hellena. Anno Dom. 1731/32. communicated by Edmund Halley, LL. D. Regius Astronomer at Greenwich (0)
- An account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportions they bear one to the other, as it was read before the Royal Society (0)
- An extract of an account by Mr Flamstead of his own and Mr. Edmund Halleys, observations concerning the spots in the sun, appearing in July and August 1676 (0)
- I. Observatio eclipsis solaris, ab Edmundo Halleio, LL. D. R. S. S. Astron. Reg. & Geom. Prof. Savil. Oxon. Novem. 27° 1722. P. M. Grenovici (0)
- IV. A letter from Mr. Halley at Chester, giving an account of an extraordinary hail in these parts, on the 29th of April last (0)
- II. Some farther remarks on P. Souciet’s dissertations against Sir Isaac Newton’s Chronology, by Edmund Halley, L. L. D. Astron. Reg. In a letter to Dr. Jurin, Coll. Med. & S. R. Soc (0)
- II. Observation of a parhelion, Oct. 26th, 1721. By the same (0)
- I. An account of the cause of the late remarkable appearance of the planet Venus, seen this summer, for many days together, in the day time (0)
- III. De iride, sive de arcu cælesti, dissertatio geometrica, quo methodo directâ iridis utriusq; diameter, data ratione refractionis, obtinertur: Cum solutione inversi problematis, sive inventione rationis istius ex data arcus diametro. Per Edm. Halley Reg. Soc. Soc (0)
- V. An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock-suns, together with several circular arches lately seen in the air by E. Halley. (0)
- De constructione problematum solidorum, five æquationum tertiæ vel quartæ potestatis, unica data parabola ac circulo efficienda; differtatiuncula Authore Edm. Halley (0)
- VI. Of the number, order, and light of the fix'd star. By the same (0)
- I. Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, June 18, 1722. and the longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica determined thereby (0)
- De numero radicum in æquationibus solidis ac biquadraticis, five tertiæ ac quartæ potestatis, earumq; limitibus, tractatulus Authore E. Halley (0)
- XI. An account of the appearance of an extraordinary iris seen at Chester, in August last, by E. Halley (0)
- VII. The art of living under water: or, a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea, in any ordinary depths. By Edm. Halley, LL. D. Secretary to the Royal Society (0)
- V. An account of Dr Robert Hook's invention of the marine barometer, with its description and uses, published by order of the R. Society (0)
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