Note 99 — Chapter IV · Sequel to the Epoch of Newton, continued.—Verification and Completion of the Newtonian Theory.
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The importance of Halley’s labors on Comets has always been acknowledged. In speaking of Halley’s Synopsis Astronomicæ Cometicæ, Delambre says (Ast. xviii. Siècle, p. 130), “Voilà bien, depuis Kepler, ce qu’on a fait de plus grand, de plus beau, de plus neuf en astronomie.” Halley, in predicting the comet of 1758, says, if it returns, “Hoc primum ab homine Anglo iuventum fuisse non inficiabitur æqua posteritas.”