[DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Questions page 1504 - NONFICTION - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] THE 1690s: In 1698 this noted English astronomer went to sea for 2 years to 
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... [DOC] [TLE] The first magnetic chart - Astronomy & Geophysics - Oxford Journals [PAR] This was almost certainly a draft version of Halley's Atlantic Magnetic Chart, 
which is the ... This led Halley to try to estimate the age of the Earth, to study the 
Moon's ... Norman Thrower then discussed the three voyages of Edmond Halley, 
1698 to ... two Atlantic voyages and included measurements of magnetic 
declination. [DOC] [TLE] Edmond Halley - Wikipedia [PAR] Edmond (or Edmund) Halley, FRS was an English astronomer, geophysicist, 
mathematician, ... In the following year he went to Danzig (Gdask) on behalf of 
the Royal ... Royal Society, Halley introduced a rudimentary working model of a 
magnetic ... 1698, sailed on what was the first purely scientific voyage by an 
English... [DOC] [TLE] The first magnetic chart - SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System [PAR] This was almost certainly a draft version of Halley's Atlantic Magnetic Chart, 
which is ... This led Halley to try to estimate the age of the Earth, to study the 
Moon's ... with the first menvoyages of Edmond Halley, 1698 to 1701, in and 
isotherms. ... the ley's two Atlantic voyages and included mea- in finding 
longitude at sea led to... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter1 [PAR] In 1683, English astronomer and natural philosopher Edmund Halley presented 
a ... is the change of the variation . . . which shews, that it will require some 
Hundreds of years to ... In this lecture he remarked on the study of terrestrial 
magnetism: ... Throughout the period, most investigators linked their controlled 
magnetic... [DOC] [TLE] Edmond Halley facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Halley's mother died in 1672, the year before he went to Oxford; and after his 
father's ... In 1698, when Peter the Great visited Deptford to study British 
shipbuilding, ... and at London in English with the title A Synopsis of the 
Astronomy of Comets. .... variation in the hope of using it as a means of 
determining longitude at sea;... [DOC] [TLE] Halley in the Paramore 1698-1701. 2 vols. London: The Hakluyt - JStor [PAR] H.M.S. Paramore between 1698 and 1701, arguably the first sea journeys ... (
Halley departed England two months before the other candidate for this honor, 
William ... astronomical and nautical symbols) and in the voluminous appendixes, 
the .... same values of magnetic declination as observed by Halley and recorded. [DOC] [TLE] A History of Mathematical Astronomy - Part 3 | The Brussels Journal [PAR] Jan 13, 2010 ... John Wallis (1616-1703), the gifted English mathematician who introduced ... In 
Cambridge, the university closed down for two years, which proved to ... in the 
eighteenth century was Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746) from Scotland, .... improved 
diving bell, study magnetic variation and serve as a sea captain. [DOC] [TLE] Download PDF - Springer [PAR] then for nearly a score of years thereafter there often would have been little 
substance ... 2). But as Halley slowly began to assume the role that Hooke had 
played for ... Echoing the larger problems of the Society, the resurrected 
Transactions went ... which was to study magnetic variation by circumnavigating 
the globe.13). [DOC] [TLE] download pdf - Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee [PAR] About six score years ago, the International Meridian Conference in ... 2 
archipelago relative to the Greenwich meridian, while the three smaller .... Cape 
Verdes had noted the absence of magnetic declination in these waters. ..... 
Studies of the celestial sphere under astronomer ...... and went through 13 
editions until 1817. [DOC] [TLE] Lesson 2: The Giants of Science - John A. Dutton e-Education Institute [PAR] For assignment details, refer to the lesson page noted. .... One is near sea level, 
which is the average elevation of continents. ... (True 100 years ago, true today.) 
..... English geologist Arthur Holmes

Question: In 1698 this noted English astronomer went to sea for 2 years to study magnetic declination
Answer: Edmond Halley