Wedgwood medallion of Isaac NEWTON (1642-1727) on blue Jaspar Ware -attributed to Hackwood. HALLEY'S COMET is in the background. Its appearance in 1682 created great interest. Halley considered it to be a periodic comet and, using Newton's theory of universal gravitation, calculated its return in Its reappearance as predicted confirmed Newton's laws.

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