Wherefore if according to what we have already said it should return again about the year 1758, candid posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman. History of Astronomy - Page 79by George Forbes - 1909 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
| Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker - Mathematics - 2003 - 474 pages
...would not live to see if his calculations proved to be correct. But he expressed the hope that "candid posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman". Indeed on Christmas night in 1759, almost 17 years after Halley 's death, the comet was... | |
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| Mark Kidger - Science - 2005 - 382 pages
...following comment: "If the comet should return according to our prediction, about the year 1758, immortal posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." In fact, after Halley 's death his calculations were checked by three French astronomers,... | |
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...same body, and he prophesied its return in 1758. Before his death, in 1742, he wrote : " Wherefore, if it should return, according to our prediction about...to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." As Halley prophesied, the comet returned, and was first observed on Christmas Day, 1758,... | |
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...his death, in 1742, Halley pathetically wrote, "If the comet should return, according to predictions, about the year 1758, impartial posterity will not...to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." Posterity has justly paid the debt of appreciation, and, for all time, the comet "first... | |
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