Halley

How To Use Halley In A Sentence

• The next major figure in the history of transits of Venus was Edmond Halley, of comet fame.
• In 1679 the Royal Society sent Halley to Danzig to arbitrate in a dispute between Hooke and Hevelius.
• Halley treated him cordially and suggested that Harrison consult George Graham, one of London's leading clockmakers.
• 1742- English astronomer Edmond Halley died at age 85.
• The meeting reached a deadlock when Williams challenged Halley to have him removed by municipal security guards.
• Nowadays any eclipse is gazetted well in advance, so that amateur and professional observers alike are well prepared, but that was not the case in Halley's era.
• To explain abnormalities in the Earth's magnetic field, Halley proposed that the Earth is hollow, and things haven't been the same since. Book Review: Hollow Earth
• Hello? Nicholas here . May I talk to Halley, please?
• I refer of course to the astronomer member, Professor Heather Couper, who is described as co-author of The Halley’s Comet Pop-Up Book. ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM
• Halley suggested to him that he might devote his considerable talents to the restoration of the work of the early Greek geometers, such as Euclid and Apollonius of Perga.