18th May 1910: Nothing Happens .... Bruce Heydt.
by Heydt, Bruce; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 49Science. Publisher: British Heritage, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): End of the world | Halley, Edmund 1656-1742 | Halley's comet | Nineteen tensDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the late 17th century, the astronomer Edmund Halley provided the academic community of England with a little knowledge when he worked out, mathematically, that the comets visible over English skies in the years 1066, 1531, 1607, and again in 1682 were all appearances of the same celestial comet." (BRITISH HERITAGE) This article examines astronomer Edmund Halley's predictions about "his" comet's return every 76 years and discusses the feeling held by some that comets portend doom.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: 18th May 1910: Nothing Happens ..., May 2004; pp. 16.
"In the late 17th century, the astronomer Edmund Halley provided the academic community of England with a little knowledge when he worked out, mathematically, that the comets visible over English skies in the years 1066, 1531, 1607, and again in 1682 were all appearances of the same celestial comet." (BRITISH HERITAGE) This article examines astronomer Edmund Halley's predictions about "his" comet's return every 76 years and discusses the feeling held by some that comets portend doom.
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