...the fulfilment of his prediction, but he says : " If it should return, according to our predictions, about the year 1758, impartial posterity will not...to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." This was, indeed, a remarkable prediction of an event to occur fifty-three years after...

...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. Such was Halley's prediction published in the year 1705. The comet pursued its course,...

...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. Such was Ilalley's prediction published in the year 1705. The comet pursued its course,...

...born in 1656, — but he left a somewhat plaintive as well as patriotic appeal behind him: "Wherefore if it should return according to our prediction about...to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." The comet reappeared Christmas night, 1758. At its last return in 1S35 it was a fine object,...

...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.' Such was Halley's prediction published in the year 1705. The comet pursued its course,...

...Finally, when he had matured his labours, he thus plaintively wrote on the subject : — " Wherefore if it should return according to our prediction about...to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." On this Hind judiciously remarked as follows : — " Xor has posterity attempted to deprive...

...Finally, when he had matured his labours, he thus plaintively wrote on the subject: — "Wherefore if it should return according to our prediction about...to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." On this Hind judiciously remarked as follows : — " Nor has posterity attempted to deprive...

..."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." Englishmen have with just pride acknowledged Halley's claim, and science has honored his...

...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." When the comet blazed forth on Christmas day, 1758, it was forever shorn of the dreadful...

.... . . Wherefore, if according to what we have already said, it should return again in 1758, candid posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." But posterity and science have not forgotten his claim, for they have given his name to...