The Wikipedia biography of Edmond Halley, consulted for his 1686 paper proposing a thermal explanation for monsoon winds. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (; 8 November [O.S.
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