Various fragmentary astronomical notes, including Edmond Halley's observations on a comet

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MA 7247, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA

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D{i}stabat enim a corde Leon{i}s 17 gr in orientem et a cauda ejus paulo plusquam 11^gr in austrum

Decem. 8 proxime ante ortum Solis Halleius noster i{llu}{e} ab urbe Boloniæ versus urbem Parisiorum agendo, caudam cometæ fere perpendiculariter surgentem Ex horizonte brevem latam & luce fortissimæ ad usque ortum Solis splendentem videt. Vnde Cometa nondum cum Sole conjunctus fuerat ad quantum ex fortitudine lucis colligere licet jam Soli erat admodum vicinus

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