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Edmond Halleyby
Khania Mills
• Edmond Halley was born on November 8 1656 in Haggerton , Shorediton, London, England.
• Edmond Halley died January 17,1742.
Scientist
Edmond Halley went to Queens college. She was astronomer. Her
father was Edmond Halley sr.
• Edmond Halley study geophysics, mathmematics,meteorology,and physics. That’s what made her a great scientist
• Edmond Halley was best known for predicting the orbit of the comet. A comet is a flying rock on fire in space. A comet rock had never touch earth surface.
Halley was born just after the Thirty Year War, a major war between the countries in Europe that saw people
die from disease and starvation.
Edmond Halley had great inventions when she 2 years later like the Velox photographic paper and barelite .
Who made these wondering inventions was the amazing Leo Hendrik Baekeland.
Edmond Halley influence the society by predicting the orbit of the comet. He was the first to ever notice and
study about it.
Edmond Halley publish a book called Reconstruction of the lost book of apollons
conics. Edmond has a museum called museum Victoria. Halley favorite quote is “Nearer the
gods no mortal may approach.”
Edmond Halley favorite quote is “Nearer the gods no mortal may
approach”. I never heard this quote before until now.
What I learn about Edmond Halley was Edmond was the first to study about comets. Also I learn from her is that she took different fields other than science she was in fields of geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, and physics
Space.comwww.amazon.com\edmond Halley charting
heavens seas.En.wikipedia.org\wiki\Main_page Infoplease.com