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I have publish'd this Specimen of Cometical Astronomy, as a Prodromus of a designed future Work, left, happening to die, these Papers might be lost, which every Man is not capable to retrieve, by reason of the great Difficulty of the Calculation.

— Edmond Halley A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets (1705)

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These necessary Things premis'd, let it be propos'd to compute the apparent Place of any one of the mention'd Comets, for any Given Time.

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A General Table for Calculating the Motions of Comets in a Parabolical Orbit.

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Wherefore, if, according to what we have already said, it should return again about the year 1758, candid posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman.

I design to treat of all these Things in a larger Volume, and contribute my utmost for the Promotion of this Part of Astronomy, if it shall please God to continue my Life and Health.

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