Question:  the Royal Society was unable to meet its promise to finance the publication of Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" and let this to the clerk of the society who was best known for computing what?
Sentence (from "Edmond Halley"): Edmond (or Edmund) Halley, FRS (pronounced ; 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741] ) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of Halley's Comet.
Relevant evidence: Yes