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  1. Halley’s Comet: The Apparition (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Deals with the imminent return of Halley’s comet which was due (during winter 1985-6) to make its closest approach to earth since 1910. Describes how Edmund Halley discovered the comet in 1682 and looks at...

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  2. From Hastings to Halley (1981 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Halley’s Comet reappears in the Earth’s part of the solar system about every 75 years. ‘About every 75 years’ is an observation. Can the return date be predicted? Looks at Kepler’s and Newton’s...

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  3. Comet Called Halley, A (1985 Video)

    Director
    Terence Murtagh; David Taylor
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Produced to herald the 1985-86 appearance of Halley’s Comet. Uses a mixture of VAX/11/750 computer animation, Quantel Paintbox graphics and archive visual material. Note: A new edition of the video taking...

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  4. Newton: The Mind That Found the Future (1971 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses the life of Newton and his contribution to modern science based on the notion of Edmund Halley, Newton’s colleague, transported into the 20th century.

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