* 1720 – 1742 Edmond Halley

Omega Centauri was determined to be nonstellar in 1677 by the English astronomer Edmond Halley, though it was visible as a star to the ancients.

This method of designating stars first appeared in a preliminary version of John Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis Britannica which was published by Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton in 1712 without Flamsteed's approval.

Edmond Halley in 1692 put forth the idea of Earth consisting of a hollow shell about thick, two inner concentric shells and an innermost core, about the diameters of the planets Venus, Mars, and Mercury.

Harrison was introduced to Graham by the Astronomer Royal Edmond Halley who also championed Harrison and his work.

He presented his ideas to Edmond Halley, the Astronomer Royal.

* 1656 – Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician ( d. 1742 )

Edmond Halley published the first measurements of the proper motion of a pair of nearby " fixed " stars, demonstrating that they had changed positions from the time of the ancient Greek astronomers Ptolemy and Hipparchus.

On leaving the University of Oxford, in 1676, Edmond Halley visited Saint Helena and set up an observatory with a aerial telescope with the intention of studying stars from the Southern Hemisphere.

Along with the inventor and microscopist Robert Hooke ( 1635 – 1703 ), Sir Christopher Wren ( 1632 – 1723 ) and Sir Isaac Newton ( 1642 – 1727 ), English scientist and astronomer Edmond Halley ( 1656 – 1742 ) was trying to develop a mechanical explanation for planetary motion.

Edmond Halley was the first to suggest, in 1695, that the mean motion of the Moon was apparently getting faster, by comparison with ancient eclipse observations, but he gave no data.

The precise recordkeeping of births and deaths by the city of Breslau led to the use of their data for analysis of mortality, first by John Graunt, and then later by Edmond Halley.

* 1717: The diving bell was successfully tested by Edmond Halley, sustainable to a depth of 55 ft

* James Bradley succeeds Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal.

* January 14 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer ( b. 1656 )

* Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal.

* November 8 – Edmond Halley, English scientist ( d. 1742 )

* September – Halley's comet makes an appearance, just like Edmond Halley predicted before his death.

* Edmond Halley observes the transit of Venus.

Mathematicians, such as Edmond Halley, developed the life table as the basis for life insurance mathematics.

The comet's periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it is now named.

Spellings of Edmond Halley's name during his lifetime included Hailey, Haley, Halley, Hawley, and Hawly, so its correct pronunciation is uncertain.

Ultimately, it was Newton's friend, editor and publisher, Edmond Halley who, in his 1705 Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets, used Newton's new laws to calculate the gravitational effects of Jupiter and Saturn on cometary orbits.

The three apparitions from 1531 to 1682 were noted by Edmond Halley, enabling him to predict its 1759 return.

He also gives starting at Lemma 4 and Proposition 40 ) the theory of the motions of comets ( for which much data came from John Flamsteed and from Edmond Halley ), and accounts for the tides, attempting quantitative estimates of the contributions of the Sun and Moon to the tidal motions ; and offers the first theory of the precession of the equinoxes.

* Edmond Courbaud, Horace: sa vie et sa pensée à l ’ époque des Épîtres, Paris, 1914, ch.

The railroad then named the station for Edmond Burdick, the Santa Fe ’ s traveling freight agent ; when the town was formed after the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889, early settlers decided to adopt the name.

The first mayor and city officers were elected in May 1889, and Edmond ’ s population was 394 in the 1890 census.

" The band ’ s sound had crystallised into the intense, hypnotic, overloaded psychedelia which characterised their early output, and which would serve as a template for their live act throughout their existence " ( Ian Edmond, Record Collector ).

* 1999: J ’ attendrai le plaisir du Bon Dieu: l ’ intégrale des entretiens d ’ Edmond Blattchen, éd.

John Smithwick ’ s great grandson, Edmond bought the brewery land back freehold and worked to reshape its future.

As a result of substantial contributions made to St Mary ’ s Cathedral, Edmond became great friends with Irish liberal Daniel O ’ Connell, who later became godfather to one of his sons.

The Fashion Director of Harper ’ s Bazaar UK is Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, founder of 10 and 10 Men magazines, who replaced Alison Edmond for the February 2010 issue.

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A notable relative was Domingo O ’ Heyne ( born 1683 in Cahererillan Castle, Kinvara, County Galway ), a son of Edmond O ’ Heyne and grandson of Eugene O ’ Heyne of Lydacan Castle.

During the next ten years he concentrated on further translations, including Henrik Ibsen ’ s Peer Gynt and Edmond Rostand ’ s Cyrano de Bergerac which were produced at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

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On June 9, Zoe King and her husband Martin, both in their 40 ’ s, and her 76 year old father Derek Edmond, were arrested after a fight that took the cabin crew over 30 minutes to break up on Virgin Atlantic flight VS29 from Gatwick Airport to Barbados.

The Edmond and Lily Safra Fine Arts Wing reflects the wide-ranging, interdisciplinary nature of the Museum ’ s collections, encompassing works of art from across the ages in Western and non-Western cultures.

The Princesse Edmond de Polignac, Erik Satie ’ s Socrate, and a Lesbian Aesthetic of Music ?” French Literature Series 34 ( 2007 ): 87-99.

* 4 Poèmes d ’ Edmond Haraucourt op. 7 ( 1890 – 97 )

In Israel, he initiated the construction of the Edmond and Lily Safra Children ’ s Hospital at Tel Hashomer.