Edmund Halley
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Edmund Halley — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Edmund Halley. Edmund Halley o Edmond Halley (29 de octubre de 1656–14 de enero de 1742). Hijo de un acaudalado fabricante de jabón, nació en Haggerston, cerca de Londres en 1656. A los 17 años se trasladó a … Wikipedia Español
Edmund Halley — o Edmond Halley (29 de octubre de 1656–14 de enero de 1742). Hijo de un acaudalado fabricante de jabón, nació en Haggerston, cerca de Londres en 1656. A los 17 años se trasladó a Oxford. Desde muy joven sintió una gran inclinación por las… … Enciclopedia Universal
Edmund Halley — Edmond Halley Pour les articles homonymes, voir Halley. Edmond Halley … Wikipédia en Français
Edmund Halley — Büste von Edmond Halley im Museum des Royal Greenwich Observatory Edmond Halley (* 29. Oktoberjul./ 8. November 1656greg. in Haggerston bei … Deutsch Wikipedia
Edmund Halley — noun English astronomer who used Newton s laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656 1742) • Syn: ↑Halley, ↑Edmond Halley • Instance Hypernyms: ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer … Useful english dictionary
Halley'scher Komet — Halley scher Komet. Edmund Halley, Professor der Astronomie zu Greenwich, geb. 1656, gest. 1742, war der Erste, welcher nach Newton s Anleitung Kometenbahnen berechnete. Bis dahin hatte man die Kometen für Irrsterne gehalten und ihre Bahnen als… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Halley's comet — /hal eez/ or, sometimes, /hay leez/, n. a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986. [named after Edmund HALLEY, who first… … Universalium
Halley's comet — Hal′ley s com′et [[t]ˈhæl iz[/t]] or, often, [[t]ˈheɪ liz[/t]] n. astron. a comet with a period averaging 76 years: most recently visible in 1986 • Etymology: after Edmund Halley, who first predicted its return pron: The common pronunciation for… … From formal English to slang
Halley — noun English astronomer who used Newton s laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656 1742) • Syn: ↑Edmond Halley, ↑Edmund Halley • Instance Hypernyms: ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer * * * Edmond … Useful english dictionary
Halley's comet — /hal eez/ or, sometimes, /hay leez/, n. a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986. [named after Edmund HALLEY, who first… … Useful english dictionary
