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Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Vol.6 of Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1972) has Halley's birth date as 29 October 1656[?] and death date as 14 January 1743. What gives? DMc75771 (talk) 19:07, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The length of sailing ship Paramuour is listed as 52 feet (16m) 6 gun pink (sailship). For the voyages it performed (almost a year of sailing in the Atlantic a 16 m sailship would IMO be hard pressed to load all provisions for 20 people crew, and in HMS Paramour (1694) article lenghth is 64feet 8inches (19.71m). I suppose 52 feet is a typo here, but did not yet clheck/verify by sources. Marjan Tomki SI (talk) 23:57, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
@Thony C.: See MOS:INSTITUTIONS and MOS:JOBTITLES. "Generic words for institutions, organizations, companies, etc., and rough descriptions of them (university, college, hospital, church, high school) do not take capitals:". So, "American Cancer Society", but "The society was founded ...". For a title such as "archbishop", capitalize when "is not preceded by a modifier (including a definite or indefinite article)". So, "He became Archbishop of York", but "He visited the archbishop of York in 1621". Christhespelleryack14:59, 19 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Would it be of interest to provide some kind of link from Halley to The Analyst topic? As, despite comments there about Newton (who was then dead), it seems clear Berkeley was referring to Halley in his address to "an Infidel Mathematician". CatNip48 (talk) 14:07, 8 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 12 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I’ve revised the paragraph concerning Halley’s 1694 paper on the biblical Flood, as the previous wording stated that the Royal Society censured Halley, but the cited source did not appear to verify that claim. The revised wording instead follows Halley’s own 1724 publication note, which says that the papers were withheld because he feared censure.
I’m also hoping to help get the article into shape for a possible future Good Article nomination, so any comments or objections would be very welcome.Ds2320 (talk) Ds2320 (talk) 01:54, 29 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
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