The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley [set] in the Paramore 1698-1701: Volumes I & II (Hakluyt Society, Second)

by Edmond Halley

Norman J. W. Thrower (Editor) and N. J. W. Thrower (Editor)

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Edmond Halley was already a well-known astronomer, mathematician and natural philosopher when he took command of HMS Paramore. The purpose of Halley's first two voyages was to test his geomagnetical theories; the first voyage ended prematurely, but the second voyage was successful, making a wide sweep through the Atlantic, and resulting in the first published isogonic map. In the third voyage Halley investigated tidal phenomena in a detailed study of the English Channel.
  • ISBN10 0904180026
  • ISBN13 9780904180022
  • Publish Date 1 January 1982
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 17 August 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Hakluyt Society
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 392
  • Language English