Edmond Halley : charting the heavens and the seas / Alan Cook.
Edmond Halley : charting the heavens and the seas / Alan Cook.
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Oxford ; New York : Clarendon, 1998.
Date
1998.
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T0386029
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English
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xvi, 540 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Oxford ; New York : Clarendon, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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Edmond Halley (1656-1742), MA, LLD, FRS, Capt. RN, Savilian Professor of Geometry and Astronomer Royal, stands pre-eminent among Oxford, English, and European scientists. Now more widely known for his prediction of the return of "his" comet, Halley discovered the proper motion of stars, made important studies of the moon's motion, and his investiga...
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Edmond Halley : charting the heavens and the seas / Alan Cook.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 500-523) and index.
Transferred from N520.92/2.
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T0386029
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74VMbVbq6jXl
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0198500319
9780198500315
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520.92
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991000789919702626
