Halley
['hæli]
Definition
(noun.) English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742).
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Examples
- It was accordingly agreed that Halley should undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge, which he had engaged to do. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As, 'Mr Alley, Mr Balley, Mr Calley, Mr Dalley, Mr Falley, Mr Galley, Mr Halley, Mr Lalley, Mr Malley. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Halley found that Newton had already determined that the form of the orbit would be an ellipse. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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