[HALLEY'S COMET]. The London Chronicle. Vol. II, Nos. 118-119. London, 1757.
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[HALLEY'S COMET]. The London Chronicle. Vol. II, Nos. 118-119. London, 1757.
The London Chronicle: or, the Universal Evening Post. 2 issues. Vol. II, Nos. 118-119. London: J. Wilkie: 29 September-1 October and 1-4 October 1757.
Each 8pp., 4to, 8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. 2 consecutively dated issues. Disbound (minor soil, very occasional light chipping to edges).
The issues features 6 columns of text expounding on the expected return of Halley's Comet in 1759 as predicted by Sir Edmund Halley before he died in 1742. The article begins on p. 317, in issue 118, and continues on pp. 323-324, in issue 119, "Opinion of Sir Isaac Newton concerning the expected comet." The comet did make its return into view near Earth in 1759 as predicted.
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