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1Halley, Edmond — born Nov. 8, 1656, Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London died Jan. 14, 1742, Greenwich, near London English astronomer and mathematician. He studied at the University of Oxford. In 1676 he set sail for the South Atlantic with the intention of… …
2Halley's method — In numerical analysis, Halley s method is a root finding algorithm used for functions of one real variable with a continuous second derivative, i.e. C2 functions. It is named after its inventor Edmond Halley who also discovered Halley s Comet.The …
3Halley , Edmond — (1656–1742) British astronomer and physicist Edmond (or Edmund) Halley was the son of a wealthy London merchant. He was educated at St. Paul s School, London, and at Oxford University. He left Oxford without a degree in 1676, but having already… …
4Robert Halley — (August 13, 1796 ndash; August 18, 1876) was an English Congregationalist minister and abolitionist. He was noted for his association with the politics of Repeal of the Corn Laws, and became Classical Tutor at Highbury College and Principal of… …
5Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff — (formerly known as the Church of Christ at Zion s Retreat) is a small denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement. It was formed in 1932 by former members of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), and in 1972 it lost most of its members to the… …
6List of characters in Atlas Shrugged — This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Balph EubankCalled the literary leader of the age , despite the fact that he is incapable of writing anything that people actually want to read. What people want to read, he says,… …
7Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
8Mark Twain — Mark Twain, photo by A. F. Bradley New York, 1907 Born …
9comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …
10Science in the Age of Enlightenment — The scientific history of the Age of Enlightenment traces developments in science and technology during the Age of Reason, when Enlightenment ideas and ideals were being disseminated across Europe and North America. Generally, the period spans… …
