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From page 249... ... INDEX A Antarctica Halley's close approach to, 99�100, Academie des Sciences de Paris, 25 104, 191 Act of Uniformity, 31, 235 Royal Society's base named after The Admiralty, 10, 48, 65, 69, 79, 147, Halley, 194 230 Aristotle, 26, 31 Halley's trust in, 63, 155 Articles of Religion, 31 High Court of, 49 Arundel House, 25 Pepys as Secretary of, 89, 187, 236 Asimov, Isaac, 181 Adventure Galley, 120 Aston, Francis, 109 Albergaria, Dom Manuel Soares, 61, 198 Astrolabe, 40 Alchemy Astronimia Carolina, 238 Boyle's fascination with, 136 Atkinson, James, 94 Newton's interest in, 74, 136, 238 Atlas Maritimus, 94 Alfrey, George, ship's surgeon, 10 Aubrey, John, 35, 50 Altitudes of the sun, measuring, 40, 85 Aurora borealis, 175�176 Amicable Society, 123 Australia, 104, 119, 239 Anguilla, 125 Azimuth compass, 208, 236 "Animal magnetism," 138 Azimuth of the sun, calculating Anne, Queen, 139�140, 156, 158�160, directly, 47 163, 243 death of, 162 249 Read the entire page →
From page 250... ... P Loys de, 178 Biographia Britannica, 187 Child, Sir Francis, 20 Bloodless Revolution, 22 Chiropractics, 138 Bloodletting, 118�119 Church of England, 124, 235 Board of Longitude, 166, 189 conservatism of, 31 Bond, Henry, 41 controversy with, 36, 177 Book of Common Prayer, 31 Cinchona bark, helping thwart Books, on board the Paramore, 94�95 malaria, 119 Borough, William, 136 Citrus juices, warding off scurvy, 121 Boston Gazette, 178 The City of London, 20 Boucher, Charles, 109 Clark, James, 50 Boyle, Charles, 27 Clark, Sir George, 244 Boyle, Robert, 25, 30, 52, 132, 135 Clocks, 88, 92 fascination with alchemy, 136 adjusting, 52 Bradley, James, 167 developments in, 104, 162 Brahe, Tycho, 51, 55 using Jupiter's moons as, 86�87 Bryant, Humphry, 126 Cockburn, William, 118 Buccaneers, 49 Coins, innovation to prevent clipping, Burchett, Secretary Josiah (of the 114�115 Admiralty) Read the entire page →
From page 251... ... See also Scientific De Magnete, 92, 185, 240 instruments De Moivre, Abraham, 74, 123 adjusting, 42, 44 De Motu, 75 azimuth, 208, 236 Deptford, 9, 15, 43, 127, 149, 156, 159, construction of, 43�45 201 development of, 44 Descartes, Ren�, 26, 104 Halley's use of, 43�44, 46, 92, 208 Diana Peak, 51 keeping in working order, 39�40 Diet aboard ship, 120�121 taking multiple readings of, 48 Discipline on long ocean voyages, 10, unknown inventor of, 139 59, 62, 65�66 Constable, Captain John, 159 Discourse on Pirates, 11 Contraband, temptation to trade in, 61 Diseases, 119�120 Cook, Captain James, 103�104, 119, Distances at sea, measuring, 45 188, 231, 239 Divine intervention, denunciation of, Cooke, Margaret, 107 28 Copernicus, Nicolas, 104 Diving equipment, Halley's interest in, theory of, 26�27, 104, 234 114, 116, 240 Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Divining rod, 136 Description of the Universe, 230 Dodson, John, boatswain and gunner, Course correction, 208 9 Crabtree, William, 103 Dowty, William, carpenter's mate, 9 Curie temperature, 143 Dryden, John, mingling with Royal "Curved lines," 128, 131, 190 Society fellows, 18 The Cygnet, 119, 239 Dunbar, John, midshipman, 9 Dutch East India Company, 5, 141 Dutton, Humphrey, 161 D Dampier, William, 41, 47, 57, 69�70, E 79, 94, 118�119, 235, 239 Dampster, Robert, carpenter's servant, The Earth 9 bulging at its equator, 52, 164 Danger, harbingers of, 57 creation of, 32 Davenport, Francis, 150�151 distance from Sun, 102�103 da Vinci, Leonardo, 148 distance from Venus, 103 Davis, Thomas, seaman, 9 early history of, 176�177 Deacon, Margaret, 235 Read the entire page →
From page 252... ... See Scientific missions Gazette, 71 Gellibrand, Henry, 41, 141 Geographic bounty, England's F continued interest in, 4, 186 Geomagnetism, 47, 132, 176, 189, 240 The Falconbird, 84 Halley's interest in, 6, 39, 50 Falkland Islands, 96, 141 George, Prince of Denmark, 139, 160 Fernando de Loronho, 59, 196 George I, King, 162�163 Fernao Martins Mascarenhas de George III, King, 103 Lencastre, 111�112 Gilbert, William, 92, 131�132, 176, 185, Field, Richard, 53 240 Fisher, William, 94 Gimbals, 40, 43 Flamsteed, John, Astronomer Royal, Glanvill, Joseph, 28 22�23, 35, 41, 50�51, 105�106, Glenn, James, seaman, 9 132, 151�154, 160, 238, 242 Global positioning systems, Halley Halley's early contacts with, 50, 55 laying groundwork for, 190 slandering Halley, 34�36, 108, 134� The Glorious Revolution, 19, 158, 183, 135, 142, 159 231 "Flying island" of Swift, 137 God, as "the Great Mechanic," 26 Folkes, Martin, 115, 154 God's will, seeking evidence of in Food rationing, 58. See also Diet nature, 25 aboard ship Graham, George, 142, 165, 189 Read the entire page →
From page 253... ... INDEX 253 Graham, James, 138 first voyage of, 1�79 Gravitational theory, of Newton, 13 friend of Isaac Newton, 3, 116, 180, Great Fire of London of 1666, 8, 19, 25, 183 72, 76 gaining prominence from Greaves, John, 234 association with Newton, 31, Greenwich Observatory, 23, 93, 166, 78�79, 171 185, 193 grieving loss of cabin boy, 84�85, founding of, 41, 54, 70, 235 87 Halley named Astronomer Royal at, intelligence collection by, 154, 157 163�165 interest in a hollow earth, 174�175, reequipping, 165 243 site of, 7 interest in astronomy, 50, 78 Gregorian calendar, 229 interest in comets, 22, 157 168�174 Gregory, James, 103 interest in diving equipment, 114, Grey, Ralph, 117 116, 240 Guillotin, Joseph, 138 interest in geomagnetism, 6, 39, 50, Gulf of Tonkin, 152�153, 242 133�136, 138, 175 Gulliver's Travels, 137, 239 interest in hurricanes, 113 The Guynie, 113�114 interest in social relationships, 122 interest in the aurora borealis, 175� 176 H journal entries from, 196�197, 203� 204 Halley, Captain Edmond, 16. See also laying groundwork for global Royal Society of London positioning systems, 190 a champion of the Enlightenment, made Astronomer Royal, 163 187 a meticulous observer, 85, 87�88, charged with improving navigation, 149�150 12, 39, 89�90, 113�114 most important accomplishments close approach to Antarctica, 99� of, 104, 188 100, 104, 191 murder of his father, 71�73 contradictions within, 186 navigational talents of, 12, 209, 231 contributions in mathematics, 163 Pepys complimenting his character, contributions to geophysics, 142 12 critics of, 34 plan to survey the world magnetic death of, 178 field, 6 difficulties handling his first crew, posthumous honors received by, 60�63 194 diplomacy of, 106, 187�188 predictions regarding comets, 178� early contacts with Flamsteed, 50, 180 55 religious stance of, 31�34, 171�172, elected secretary of the Royal 176�177 Society, 28, 196 Read the entire page →
From page 254... ... 254 INDEX role in publication of Newton's resentment against Halley, 68 Principia, 76�79 trial of, 64�70, 238 royal decree given to, 3 Harrison, John, 162, 243 second voyage of, 81�144 Harrison clock, 189 slandered by Flamsteed, 34�36, 108, Harvey, William, 27 134�135, 142, 159 Hawley, Thomas, 73 slanders against, 34�36, 64, 73 Health remedies, link to magnetics, social status of, 5, 22 136 southern star charts of, 55 Hellmann, G., 131 speculating that a comet triggered Hevelius, Catherine Elisabeth, 106, the flood, 33�34 108 taking over publishing the slander about her and Halley, 35, Philosophical Transactions, 109 108 third voyage of, 145�191 Hevelius, Johannes, 30, 51, 105�110 tomb of, 194 Historia Coelestis, 160, 166 use of compasses, 43�44, 46, 92, 208 Hjorter, Olaf, 176 view of poverty, 122 Hobbes, Thomas, 26 vision of, 24 Hodges, John, boatswain's servant, 9 wife of, Mary Tooke, 12, 121, 178 Holland, allied with the French against work on gunnery, 155 England, 90 work on magnetic variation, 46 Hooke, Robert, 18, 22�26, 30, 41, 70� work on mortality tables, 121�123 71, 74�75, 105�109, 116, 133� work on tides, 147�152, 156 137, 164, 172�173, 233 the world as his laboratory, 4, 43, 56 Horrocks, Jeremiah, 55, 103 youth and education of, 49�50 Hoskins, Sir John, 109, 230 Halley, Edmond, Sr., 71�73 House of Stuart, 162, 239 "Halleyan lines," 129 Humankind's faith in itself, struggle to "Halleymania," 181 boost, 37 Halley's comet, 179 Humboldt, Alexander von, 142�143, a symbol of the Enlightenment, 182 230, 241 Halley's World Chart of Magnetic Hurricane season, Halley's discovery Variations, 138�142, 207�210 of, 113 Hangings, 66�68 Huygens, Christiaan, 104, 136 The Hannibal, 112 Hygiene, personal, 120 Hanover, 159 Hypnosis, 138 Hansteen, Christopher, 143 Harding, Fisher, master shipwright, 15 Harmon, Caleb, clerk, 9 I Harris, John, 129 Harrison, Edward, first lieutenant, 10� Idea Longitudinis, 10, 47�48, 95 11, 16, 44, 47�48, 95 An Idea of Geography and Navigation, defying Halley, 62�63 94 Read the entire page →
From page 255... ... , 18 London Julian calendar, 229 complex hierarchy of, 36 Julius Caesar, first invasion of England, haunts frequented by intellectuals, Halley calculating the place and 18, 25 date of, 112�113, 190 love of hangings, 66�68 Jupiter's moons periodicals in, 20 and longitude, 238 The Longitude Act, 161�162, 185, 243 using as clocks, 86�87 Longitude calculations, 43, 61, 87, 91, Justel, Henri, 23 164, 200, 232, 244 contribution of chronometer to, 242 estimating, 209 K geomagnetic scheme for, 47 The Longitude Found, 41 Kendal watch, 189 Longitude marker, 193 Kensington Palace, 8 Louis XIV, King of France, 23, 90, 158, Kepler, Johannes, 70�71, 75, 102, 104, 233 132 Louis XVI, King of France, 138 Kidd, Captain, 19, 64, 67, 120 Lunar tables, 86 "Knots," measuring speed at sea, 45, 150 Knowledge M as great as angels', 37 Halley a dedicated servant to, 188 MacPike, Eugene, 84, 183 Kohoutek, Lubos, 181 Madeira, 38, 42, 84, 90, 197 Read the entire page →
From page 256... ... See Scientific missions 129 The Moon, 165 and Christopher Columbus, 232 crater named after Halley, 194 earlier tables of, 241 Halley planning observations of, the key measurement, 39�41, 46, 208 163 slow change in, 209 irregular motion of, 86 Magnetism, 39, 244 Newton's work on, 160, 236 Halley's interest in, 3 observing eclipse of, 61, 110 Halley's plan to survey, 6 passing in front of a fixed star in Magnetometer, development of, 143� Virgo, 91 144 seasonal changes in, 151 Mainwaring, Sir Henry, 11 using cycles of to determine Malaria, cinchona bark helping thwart, longitude, 164 119 Moore, Sir Jonas, 54 Marijuana, 119�120 Morocco, 48 Marine science, 235 Mortality tables, 121 Mariners, importance to English Moslems, raids on Christian ships by, society, 6�7 48 Marriage Act, 125 Mount, Richard, 129 Marriages, 124�125 Mount, William, 210 Martin, Benjamin, 179 Moxon, Joseph, 50, 95 Mary II, Queen, 3, 6, 78�79, 158 Multiple readings, 48 plans continued after her death, 7� simultaneous, 102 9, 100, 130�131 Munden, Real Admiral, 147�148 Masklyne, Nevil, 167 Mutiny at sea, 65�66 Mathematical knowledge, 152�153 Medicine of the 17th century bloodletting, 118�119 N lagging behind other sciences, 119 magnetic remedies in, 137�138 "Natural philosophy," 7 Mercantilism, 88 Nature, 231 Mercator, Gerardus, 129, 241 Nature, seeking evidence of God's will Mercator projection maps, 90, 129 in, 25 Mercury Nautical Almanac, 167 path with the Ecliptic, 54 Naval Minutes, 230 transit across disk of the Sun, 102, Navigation 105 based on astronomy, 85 Read the entire page →
From page 257... ... See Aurora borealis third voyage of, 145�191 North Pole wages records of, 202�203 angular distance to, 85 Peace of Ryswick, 9 geographic, 43 Pepys, Samuel, 64�65, 89, 119, 187, The North Star, 43 204, 230, 236 Nostrums, in 17th century London, 21 complimenting Halley's character, Nunez, Pedro, 40, 236 12 Read the entire page →
From page 258... ... See Greenwich The Principia, 18, 30�32, 76�79, 136, Observatory 148, 237�238 Royal Society of London, 11, 28�35, second edition of, 171�172 52, 105�106, 115, 130, 132, 137, Privateers, 49 177, 184, 233 Ptolemy, 104�105, 234 criteria for nomination to, 25 Public spirit, British concept of, 231 establishment of, 230 Published papers, by university Halley as clerk of, 34, 70, 188 students, 55 Halley as secretary of, 140 Punishment. See Discipline on long Halley's election to, 55 ocean voyages Halley's election to the council of, Purcell, Henry, 7 159 Read the entire page →
From page 259... ... Paul's School, 50 Shipwrecks St. Pierre, Le Sieur de, 41 sheer numbers of, 39 Sallee, 17, 48 treacherous weather blamed for Sanitation, 120 half, 38 Saros, observations of, 166, 236 Shovell, Admiral Sir Clowidisley, 45, "Saturday night at sea" tradition, 123 65, 68, 70, 150, 201 Savile, Sir Henry, 31 Sinclair, Edward, 126 Savilian Professorship of Astronomy at Sisson, Jonathan, 165 Oxford, 7, 31, 130, 233 Slavery, 53 battle over Halley getting, 35, 175 Sloane, Dr. Read the entire page →
From page 260... ... See Scientific instruments Villiers, Elizabeth, 131 Telluris Theoria Sacra, 28 Vinicot, John, seaman, 9 Temple, Sir William, 8, 26�27, 36 A Voyage to New Holland, 239 Teonge, Henry, 123 Terra incognita, 4�5, 92, 98�101 W Thompson, John, seaman, 9 Thrower, Norman J W., 241, 244 "Waggoners," 94 Tides Halley's work on, 147�152, 156 Waghenaer, Lucas, 94 irregular, 151�153 Wallis, John, 55, 130, 159, 173�174, 234 War of the Spanish Succession, 158 Newton's work on, 77 Read the entire page →
From page 261... ... John, 232 discerning patterns in, 57, 93 The world Westfall, Richard S., 235 command of the sea as key to, 185 Westminster Abbey, 162, 177, 244 Enlightenment players out to Whiston, William, 33, 161, 177, 235 discover, 184 White, Manly, cabin boy, 84 as Halley's laboratory, 4, 43, 56 White light, Newton's insights into, 74 Wotton, William, 27 The Whole Art of Navigation, 94 Wren, Sir Christopher, 8, 19, 22, 24, 30, William and Mary, joint rule of, 31, 55, 70�71, 142 183�187 Wright, Captain William, 127 William and Mary College, 8 William III (William of Orange) Read the entire page →

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... INDEX A Antarctica Halley's close approach to, 99�100, Academie des Sciences de Paris, 25 104, 191 Act of Uniformity, 31, 235 Royal Society's base named after The Admiralty, 10, 48, 65, 69, 79, 147, Halley, 194 230 Aristotle, 26, 31 Halley's trust in, 63, 155 Articles of Religion, 31 High Court of, 49 Arundel House, 25 Pepys as Secretary of, 89, 187, 236 Asimov, Isaac, 181 Adventure Galley, 120 Aston, Francis, 109 Albergaria, Dom Manuel Soares, 61, 198 Astrolabe, 40 Alchemy Astronimia Carolina, 238 Boyle's fascination with, 136 Atkinson, James, 94 Newton's interest in, 74, 136, 238 Atlas Maritimus, 94 Alfrey, George, ship's surgeon, 10 Aubrey, John, 35, 50 Altitudes of the sun, measuring, 40, 85 Aurora borealis, 175�176 Amicable Society, 123 Australia, 104, 119, 239 Anguilla, 125 Azimuth compass, 208, 236 "Animal magnetism," 138 Azimuth of the sun, calculating Anne, Queen, 139�140, 156, 158�160, directly, 47 163, 243 death of, 162 249

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... P Loys de, 178 Biographia Britannica, 187 Child, Sir Francis, 20 Bloodless Revolution, 22 Chiropractics, 138 Bloodletting, 118�119 Church of England, 124, 235 Board of Longitude, 166, 189 conservatism of, 31 Bond, Henry, 41 controversy with, 36, 177 Book of Common Prayer, 31 Cinchona bark, helping thwart Books, on board the Paramore, 94�95 malaria, 119 Borough, William, 136 Citrus juices, warding off scurvy, 121 Boston Gazette, 178 The City of London, 20 Boucher, Charles, 109 Clark, James, 50 Boyle, Charles, 27 Clark, Sir George, 244 Boyle, Robert, 25, 30, 52, 132, 135 Clocks, 88, 92 fascination with alchemy, 136 adjusting, 52 Bradley, James, 167 developments in, 104, 162 Brahe, Tycho, 51, 55 using Jupiter's moons as, 86�87 Bryant, Humphry, 126 Cockburn, William, 118 Buccaneers, 49 Coins, innovation to prevent clipping, Burchett, Secretary Josiah (of the 114�115 Admiralty)

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... See also Scientific De Magnete, 92, 185, 240 instruments De Moivre, Abraham, 74, 123 adjusting, 42, 44 De Motu, 75 azimuth, 208, 236 Deptford, 9, 15, 43, 127, 149, 156, 159, construction of, 43�45 201 development of, 44 Descartes, Ren�, 26, 104 Halley's use of, 43�44, 46, 92, 208 Diana Peak, 51 keeping in working order, 39�40 Diet aboard ship, 120�121 taking multiple readings of, 48 Discipline on long ocean voyages, 10, unknown inventor of, 139 59, 62, 65�66 Constable, Captain John, 159 Discourse on Pirates, 11 Contraband, temptation to trade in, 61 Diseases, 119�120 Cook, Captain James, 103�104, 119, Distances at sea, measuring, 45 188, 231, 239 Divine intervention, denunciation of, Cooke, Margaret, 107 28 Copernicus, Nicolas, 104 Diving equipment, Halley's interest in, theory of, 26�27, 104, 234 114, 116, 240 Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Divining rod, 136 Description of the Universe, 230 Dodson, John, boatswain and gunner, Course correction, 208 9 Crabtree, William, 103 Dowty, William, carpenter's mate, 9 Curie temperature, 143 Dryden, John, mingling with Royal "Curved lines," 128, 131, 190 Society fellows, 18 The Cygnet, 119, 239 Dunbar, John, midshipman, 9 Dutch East India Company, 5, 141 Dutton, Humphrey, 161 D Dampier, William, 41, 47, 57, 69�70, E 79, 94, 118�119, 235, 239 Dampster, Robert, carpenter's servant, The Earth 9 bulging at its equator, 52, 164 Danger, harbingers of, 57 creation of, 32 Davenport, Francis, 150�151 distance from Sun, 102�103 da Vinci, Leonardo, 148 distance from Venus, 103 Davis, Thomas, seaman, 9 early history of, 176�177 Deacon, Margaret, 235

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... See Scientific missions Gazette, 71 Gellibrand, Henry, 41, 141 Geographic bounty, England's F continued interest in, 4, 186 Geomagnetism, 47, 132, 176, 189, 240 The Falconbird, 84 Halley's interest in, 6, 39, 50 Falkland Islands, 96, 141 George, Prince of Denmark, 139, 160 Fernando de Loronho, 59, 196 George I, King, 162�163 Fernao Martins Mascarenhas de George III, King, 103 Lencastre, 111�112 Gilbert, William, 92, 131�132, 176, 185, Field, Richard, 53 240 Fisher, William, 94 Gimbals, 40, 43 Flamsteed, John, Astronomer Royal, Glanvill, Joseph, 28 22�23, 35, 41, 50�51, 105�106, Glenn, James, seaman, 9 132, 151�154, 160, 238, 242 Global positioning systems, Halley Halley's early contacts with, 50, 55 laying groundwork for, 190 slandering Halley, 34�36, 108, 134� The Glorious Revolution, 19, 158, 183, 135, 142, 159 231 "Flying island" of Swift, 137 God, as "the Great Mechanic," 26 Folkes, Martin, 115, 154 God's will, seeking evidence of in Food rationing, 58. See also Diet nature, 25 aboard ship Graham, George, 142, 165, 189

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... INDEX 253 Graham, James, 138 first voyage of, 1�79 Gravitational theory, of Newton, 13 friend of Isaac Newton, 3, 116, 180, Great Fire of London of 1666, 8, 19, 25, 183 72, 76 gaining prominence from Greaves, John, 234 association with Newton, 31, Greenwich Observatory, 23, 93, 166, 78�79, 171 185, 193 grieving loss of cabin boy, 84�85, founding of, 41, 54, 70, 235 87 Halley named Astronomer Royal at, intelligence collection by, 154, 157 163�165 interest in a hollow earth, 174�175, reequipping, 165 243 site of, 7 interest in astronomy, 50, 78 Gregorian calendar, 229 interest in comets, 22, 157 168�174 Gregory, James, 103 interest in diving equipment, 114, Grey, Ralph, 117 116, 240 Guillotin, Joseph, 138 interest in geomagnetism, 6, 39, 50, Gulf of Tonkin, 152�153, 242 133�136, 138, 175 Gulliver's Travels, 137, 239 interest in hurricanes, 113 The Guynie, 113�114 interest in social relationships, 122 interest in the aurora borealis, 175� 176 H journal entries from, 196�197, 203� 204 Halley, Captain Edmond, 16. See also laying groundwork for global Royal Society of London positioning systems, 190 a champion of the Enlightenment, made Astronomer Royal, 163 187 a meticulous observer, 85, 87�88, charged with improving navigation, 149�150 12, 39, 89�90, 113�114 most important accomplishments close approach to Antarctica, 99� of, 104, 188 100, 104, 191 murder of his father, 71�73 contradictions within, 186 navigational talents of, 12, 209, 231 contributions in mathematics, 163 Pepys complimenting his character, contributions to geophysics, 142 12 critics of, 34 plan to survey the world magnetic death of, 178 field, 6 difficulties handling his first crew, posthumous honors received by, 60�63 194 diplomacy of, 106, 187�188 predictions regarding comets, 178� early contacts with Flamsteed, 50, 180 55 religious stance of, 31�34, 171�172, elected secretary of the Royal 176�177 Society, 28, 196

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... 254 INDEX role in publication of Newton's resentment against Halley, 68 Principia, 76�79 trial of, 64�70, 238 royal decree given to, 3 Harrison, John, 162, 243 second voyage of, 81�144 Harrison clock, 189 slandered by Flamsteed, 34�36, 108, Harvey, William, 27 134�135, 142, 159 Hawley, Thomas, 73 slanders against, 34�36, 64, 73 Health remedies, link to magnetics, social status of, 5, 22 136 southern star charts of, 55 Hellmann, G., 131 speculating that a comet triggered Hevelius, Catherine Elisabeth, 106, the flood, 33�34 108 taking over publishing the slander about her and Halley, 35, Philosophical Transactions, 109 108 third voyage of, 145�191 Hevelius, Johannes, 30, 51, 105�110 tomb of, 194 Historia Coelestis, 160, 166 use of compasses, 43�44, 46, 92, 208 Hjorter, Olaf, 176 view of poverty, 122 Hobbes, Thomas, 26 vision of, 24 Hodges, John, boatswain's servant, 9 wife of, Mary Tooke, 12, 121, 178 Holland, allied with the French against work on gunnery, 155 England, 90 work on magnetic variation, 46 Hooke, Robert, 18, 22�26, 30, 41, 70� work on mortality tables, 121�123 71, 74�75, 105�109, 116, 133� work on tides, 147�152, 156 137, 164, 172�173, 233 the world as his laboratory, 4, 43, 56 Horrocks, Jeremiah, 55, 103 youth and education of, 49�50 Hoskins, Sir John, 109, 230 Halley, Edmond, Sr., 71�73 House of Stuart, 162, 239 "Halleyan lines," 129 Humankind's faith in itself, struggle to "Halleymania," 181 boost, 37 Halley's comet, 179 Humboldt, Alexander von, 142�143, a symbol of the Enlightenment, 182 230, 241 Halley's World Chart of Magnetic Hurricane season, Halley's discovery Variations, 138�142, 207�210 of, 113 Hangings, 66�68 Huygens, Christiaan, 104, 136 The Hannibal, 112 Hygiene, personal, 120 Hanover, 159 Hypnosis, 138 Hansteen, Christopher, 143 Harding, Fisher, master shipwright, 15 Harmon, Caleb, clerk, 9 I Harris, John, 129 Harrison, Edward, first lieutenant, 10� Idea Longitudinis, 10, 47�48, 95 11, 16, 44, 47�48, 95 An Idea of Geography and Navigation, defying Halley, 62�63 94

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... , 18 London Julian calendar, 229 complex hierarchy of, 36 Julius Caesar, first invasion of England, haunts frequented by intellectuals, Halley calculating the place and 18, 25 date of, 112�113, 190 love of hangings, 66�68 Jupiter's moons periodicals in, 20 and longitude, 238 The Longitude Act, 161�162, 185, 243 using as clocks, 86�87 Longitude calculations, 43, 61, 87, 91, Justel, Henri, 23 164, 200, 232, 244 contribution of chronometer to, 242 estimating, 209 K geomagnetic scheme for, 47 The Longitude Found, 41 Kendal watch, 189 Longitude marker, 193 Kensington Palace, 8 Louis XIV, King of France, 23, 90, 158, Kepler, Johannes, 70�71, 75, 102, 104, 233 132 Louis XVI, King of France, 138 Kidd, Captain, 19, 64, 67, 120 Lunar tables, 86 "Knots," measuring speed at sea, 45, 150 Knowledge M as great as angels', 37 Halley a dedicated servant to, 188 MacPike, Eugene, 84, 183 Kohoutek, Lubos, 181 Madeira, 38, 42, 84, 90, 197

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... See Scientific missions 129 The Moon, 165 and Christopher Columbus, 232 crater named after Halley, 194 earlier tables of, 241 Halley planning observations of, the key measurement, 39�41, 46, 208 163 slow change in, 209 irregular motion of, 86 Magnetism, 39, 244 Newton's work on, 160, 236 Halley's interest in, 3 observing eclipse of, 61, 110 Halley's plan to survey, 6 passing in front of a fixed star in Magnetometer, development of, 143� Virgo, 91 144 seasonal changes in, 151 Mainwaring, Sir Henry, 11 using cycles of to determine Malaria, cinchona bark helping thwart, longitude, 164 119 Moore, Sir Jonas, 54 Marijuana, 119�120 Morocco, 48 Marine science, 235 Mortality tables, 121 Mariners, importance to English Moslems, raids on Christian ships by, society, 6�7 48 Marriage Act, 125 Mount, Richard, 129 Marriages, 124�125 Mount, William, 210 Martin, Benjamin, 179 Moxon, Joseph, 50, 95 Mary II, Queen, 3, 6, 78�79, 158 Multiple readings, 48 plans continued after her death, 7� simultaneous, 102 9, 100, 130�131 Munden, Real Admiral, 147�148 Masklyne, Nevil, 167 Mutiny at sea, 65�66 Mathematical knowledge, 152�153 Medicine of the 17th century bloodletting, 118�119 N lagging behind other sciences, 119 magnetic remedies in, 137�138 "Natural philosophy," 7 Mercantilism, 88 Nature, 231 Mercator, Gerardus, 129, 241 Nature, seeking evidence of God's will Mercator projection maps, 90, 129 in, 25 Mercury Nautical Almanac, 167 path with the Ecliptic, 54 Naval Minutes, 230 transit across disk of the Sun, 102, Navigation 105 based on astronomy, 85

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... See Aurora borealis third voyage of, 145�191 North Pole wages records of, 202�203 angular distance to, 85 Peace of Ryswick, 9 geographic, 43 Pepys, Samuel, 64�65, 89, 119, 187, The North Star, 43 204, 230, 236 Nostrums, in 17th century London, 21 complimenting Halley's character, Nunez, Pedro, 40, 236 12

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... See Greenwich The Principia, 18, 30�32, 76�79, 136, Observatory 148, 237�238 Royal Society of London, 11, 28�35, second edition of, 171�172 52, 105�106, 115, 130, 132, 137, Privateers, 49 177, 184, 233 Ptolemy, 104�105, 234 criteria for nomination to, 25 Public spirit, British concept of, 231 establishment of, 230 Published papers, by university Halley as clerk of, 34, 70, 188 students, 55 Halley as secretary of, 140 Punishment. See Discipline on long Halley's election to, 55 ocean voyages Halley's election to the council of, Purcell, Henry, 7 159

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... Paul's School, 50 Shipwrecks St. Pierre, Le Sieur de, 41 sheer numbers of, 39 Sallee, 17, 48 treacherous weather blamed for Sanitation, 120 half, 38 Saros, observations of, 166, 236 Shovell, Admiral Sir Clowidisley, 45, "Saturday night at sea" tradition, 123 65, 68, 70, 150, 201 Savile, Sir Henry, 31 Sinclair, Edward, 126 Savilian Professorship of Astronomy at Sisson, Jonathan, 165 Oxford, 7, 31, 130, 233 Slavery, 53 battle over Halley getting, 35, 175 Sloane, Dr.

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... See Scientific instruments Villiers, Elizabeth, 131 Telluris Theoria Sacra, 28 Vinicot, John, seaman, 9 Temple, Sir William, 8, 26�27, 36 A Voyage to New Holland, 239 Teonge, Henry, 123 Terra incognita, 4�5, 92, 98�101 W Thompson, John, seaman, 9 Thrower, Norman J W., 241, 244 "Waggoners," 94 Tides Halley's work on, 147�152, 156 Waghenaer, Lucas, 94 irregular, 151�153 Wallis, John, 55, 130, 159, 173�174, 234 War of the Spanish Succession, 158 Newton's work on, 77

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... John, 232 discerning patterns in, 57, 93 The world Westfall, Richard S., 235 command of the sea as key to, 185 Westminster Abbey, 162, 177, 244 Enlightenment players out to Whiston, William, 33, 161, 177, 235 discover, 184 White, Manly, cabin boy, 84 as Halley's laboratory, 4, 43, 56 White light, Newton's insights into, 74 Wotton, William, 27 The Whole Art of Navigation, 94 Wren, Sir Christopher, 8, 19, 22, 24, 30, William and Mary, joint rule of, 31, 55, 70�71, 142 183�187 Wright, Captain William, 127 William and Mary College, 8 William III (William of Orange)

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