 Wherefore if according to what we have already said it should return again about the year 1758, candid posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman.  The World of Comets - Síða 102eftir Amédée Guillemin - 1877 - 548 síðurHeildartexta - Um bókina
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1905 - 904 síður
...the date of its return, and he concludes his argument with a blend of confidence and patriotism: — Wherefore if according to what we have already said...acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman. Such was Ilalley's prediction published in the year 1705. The comet pursued its course, and it was... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1906 - 932 síður
...date of its return, and he concludes his argument with a blend of confidence and patriotism : — ' Wherefore if according to what we have already said...that this was first discovered by an Englishman.' Such was Halley's prediction published in the year 1705. The comet pursued its course, and it was next... | |
 | 1909 - 1110 síður
...before his prediction could be verified ; and so he left behind him a touching plea that reads : 11 Wherefore, if, according to what we have already said,...that this was first discovered by an Englishman." When the comet blazed forth on Christmas day, 1758, it was forever shorn of the dreadful divinity with... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 358 síður
...his death, at the age of 85 years, the following quaintly worded statement in regard to the comet: "Wherefore, if according to what we have already said,...that this was first discovered by an Englishman." When the time arrived the comet was looked for by astronomers; the French savant, Alexis Claude Clairaut... | |
 | 1909 - 858 síður
...reassured himself of the accuracy of his caiculations, and he concludes with the following appeal: "Wherefore, if according to what we have already said,...that this was first discovered by an Englishman." Englishmen have with just pride acknowledged Halley's claim, and science has honored his memory by... | |
 | George Frederick Chambers - 1909 - 446 síður
...subject : — " Wherefore if it should return according to our prediction about the year 1758 impartial posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." On this Hind judiciously remarked as follows : — " Xor has posterity attempted to deprive him of... | |
 | George Frederick Chambers - 1909 - 318 síður
...subject: — "Wherefore if it should return according to our prediction about the year 1758 impartial posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman." On this Hind judiciously remarked as follows : — " Nor has posterity attempted to deprive him of... | |
 | George Forbes - 1909 - 240 síður
...but, as he said, " if it should return, according to our prediction, about the year 1758, impartial posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman."1 [Synopsis Astronomies Cometicce, 1749.] Once again Halley's suggestion became an inspiration... | |
 | Samuel Goodwin Barton - 1910 - 30 síður
...be in 1758 or 1759. Since it seemed very improbable that he should live to see it reappear he wrote: "Wherefore if according to what we have already said...that this was first discovered by an Englishman." He died 16 years before it actually returned in 1759 to fulfill his prediction. Since that time it... | |
 | Henry William Elson - 1910 - 80 síður
...witness the fulfillment of his prophecy, and he made the following modest statement: "Wherefore, if it should return again about the year 1758, candid...that this was first discovered by an Englishman." Halley refused to give an exact date for the reappearance of the comet, because he knew that in its... | |
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