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THIS lecture coincides with the bicentenary of Halley's death, for he died, the second Astronomer Royal, on January 14, 1742, at the age of eighty-five. To this office he succeeded Flams teed, after holding the position of Savilian professor of geometry from 1703 until 1720.
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PLUMMER, H. HALLEY'S COMET AND ITS IMPORTANCE*. Nature 150, 249–257 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150249a0
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