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WintTHRoP, [JOHN]. 1714-1799. Two lectures on comets; Bos- 
ton, I811. 
Inside title-page, Boston, 1759. (Sce appendix, pp. 39-52.) 
[.... ] A Famous comet. Quarterly Review, 188: 113-138, 
London, 1808. 
This is a very readable account of Halley’s comet. 
Part II. Comet’s 1910 RETURN 
Astronomisches Gesellschaft. Vierteljahrsschrift. 1910 Return of 
Halley’s comet. Vierteljahrsschrift der Astronomischen Gesell- 
schaft. 39 Jahrgang, drittes Heft, pp. 149, 152, Leipzig, 1904. 
Contains the announcement of a prize of 1000 Mark, offered by the As- 
tronomisches Gesellschaft, “for the best determination of the positions of 
Halley’s comet for the year of its return.” See The Observatory, 28: no. 
355 (March, 1905) 141. 
Deminc, W. F. The meteoric shower of Halley's comet. The 
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 12: 175-176, 
288-289, London, 1902. 
Relates to comet’s 1910 return. 
Lynn, W[iLt1AM] T[HYNNE]. Halley’s comet. Notes and 
queries, tenth series, 1: 152, London, February 20, 1904. 
Note referring to Pontécoulant’s prediction of next perihelion passage “17 
May, 1910”; also to the same astronomer’s investigation as to “the position 
of the comet at the preceding return.” 
McPIKeE, EUGENE FarrFIELD. Halley’s comet. Notes and queries, 
tenth series, 1: 86, London, January 30, 1904. : 
Note containing an intimation that ‘“malheureusement la tache entreprise 
ne puisse pas étre accomplie” by the Russian Astronomical Society, in re- 
spect of its computing bureau’s proposed “calculation of the true path of 
Halley’s comet, with a view to predicting the exact date of the next return.” 
PONTECOULANT, Count M. G. DE. 1766-1853. Notice sur la 
comeéte de Halley et ses apparitions successives de 1531 a IQIO. 
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l Academie des : 
Sciences, LVIII., 706-709, 766-769, 825-828, Paris, 1864. 
Pontécoulant predicts the next perihelion passage for 1910, May 16.95, 
Paris meridian time. 
Smart, D. Halley’s comet: 1910 return. The Journal of the Brit- 
ish Astronomical Association, 12: 134-136, London, 1902. 
