Download or read book Comet Lore Halley's Comet in History and Astronomy (Classic Reprint) written by Edwin Emerson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Comet Lore Halley's Comet in History and Astronomy The great English poets, on their part, have lifted up their voices to sing of the dire effects of Comets. Shakespeare, the greatest of them all, abounds in allu sions to these dread wandering stars. Thus he makes Horatio in the first scene of Hamlet speak with awe of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.