WHAT BROUGHT HALLEY,EDMOND TO NEWFOUNDLAND

Authors
BROUGHTON P
Citation
P. Broughton, WHAT BROUGHT HALLEY,EDMOND TO NEWFOUNDLAND, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 89(1), 1995, pp. 18-26
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035872X
Volume
89
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
18 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-872X(1995)89:1<18:WBHTN>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A feature of the 1994 RASC General Assembly was the presentation of a plaque commemorating Halley's landfall in Newfoundland in 1700. The ba ckground and reasons for Halley's voyage are discussed here.