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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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Edmund Halley (as in "comet"): Why do you believe in Astrology?
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Edmund Halley was a brilliant English astronomer whose mathematical calculations pinpointed the return of the comet that bears his name.
Named after Edmund Halley who calculated its orbit in 1705 and predicted the date of its next appearance.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Demuth lost consciousness of his surroundings to such an extent that he imagined himself an inhabitant of Sir Edmund Halley's nebulous planet.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Edmund Halley (1656-1742) British Halley first calculated the orbit of a comet.
The book also tells of the more distant history of diving - such as Edmund Halley's diving bell patented in 1691 and the 17th century treasure seekers.
Edmund Halley's catalogue of the southern stars, Catalogus stellarum australium (1679), introduced Argo Navis to the world.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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Edmund Halley's house: just past Hertford College 's ` Bridge of Sighs ' (opposite the Sheldonian ), down New College Lane on the left.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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The astronomer Edmund Halley (who rightly predicted the return of "Halley's comet") discovered that Isaac had "solved" the problem by describing gravity using the inverse square law.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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The next link in the chain is Edmund Halley's.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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Edmund Halley, Professor of Geometry, predicted the return of the comet that bears his name; John and Charles Wesley's prayer meetings laid the foundations of the Methodist Society.
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