Clairaut
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The route was always, within the limits of precision of the calculations, that which Clairaut had indicated beforehand.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
Another celebrated female mathematician was Madame Hortense Lepaute, born in 1723, who collaborated with Clairaut in the immense calculations by which he predicted the return of Halley's Comet.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Frances A. (Frances Alice) Welby
For excellent summaries of the whole work of Halley and Clairaut and their forerunners and associates, see Pingre, Madler, Wolf, Arago, et al.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
He showed it in a most unequivocal manner, by offering, though so avaricious of his time, to become the guide of the future observer, and also to put him in communication with Clairaut.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
It was not till 1747 that Clairaut reconciled this with the theory, and showed why Newton’s calculation was not exact.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
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