Eyewitness account of 1910 appearance of Halley's comet from Charleston, South Carolina. Author had recently seen the 1986 return of the comet from Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina.
"Author writes about a ""Halley celebration"" attended by an uncle in Greenwich, England. The 1986 celebration at the old Royal Observatory was attended by the ""over 80's and under 10's."""
In July 1985, in anticipation of the return of Halley's Comet the following year, Dr. William R. Kubinec, chairman of the Department of Physics at the College of Charleston, published a request in "Sky and Telescope" for recollections of the 1910 appearance of the comet. This collection consists of the worldwide responses he received.
Eyewitness account of 1910 appearance of Halley's comet in Croatia (then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire). Author mentions that the comet's appearance portended eventual war in that country and points to the later assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the outbreak of WWI as validation.
Eyewitness account of 1910 appearance of Halley's comet in Cape Town, South Africa. Author includes detailed data on the altitude and azimuth of the comet and encloses a map and sketch of the comet over Table Bay.
Eyewitness account of 1910 appearance of Halley's comet in Tuxedo (New York?). Author responds on questionnaire created for the Halley's comet project.
