Halley

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1. Halley - Noun

2. Halley - Proper noun

Meaning

English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)

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After de Moivre had been accepted, Halley encouraged him to turn his attention to astronomy. Source: Internet

At the same time (according to Edmond Halley 's contemporary report) Hooke agreed that "the Demonstration of the Curves generated therby" was wholly Newton's. Source: Internet

Halley, jailed for six years for his part in a 1991 £80 million cocaine importation from Colombia to Britain masterminded by ex-bouncer Warren, was held at his six-bed £5,300-a-month rented mansion near Marbella. Source: Internet

Arbuthnot, Hill, Halley, Jones, Machin, Burnet, Robarts, Bonet, Aston, and Taylor to review the claims of Newton and Leibniz as to who discovered calculus. Source: Internet

A geographer as well as an astronomer, Halley explored the Atlantic and penetrated the Antarctic before he was appointed Royal Astronomer in 1720. Source: Internet

Below, Halley has adopted his signature dish, a riff on the pub lunch favourite of ham, egg and chips. Source: Internet

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