A compendious system of astronomy, in a course of familiar lectures, in which the principles of that science are clearly elucidated, so as to be intelligible to those who have not studied the mathematics: also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a key to the ephemeris, and a vocabulary of the terms of science used in the lectures, which latter are explained agreeably to their application in them. By Margaret Bryan. Third edition. Revised and corrected by the authoress.

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Title A compendious system of astronomy, in a course of familiar lectures, in which the principles of that science are clearly elucidated, so as to be intelligible to those who have not studied the mathematics: also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a key to the ephemeris, and a vocabulary of the terms of science used in the lectures, which latter are explained agreeably to their application in them. By Margaret Bryan. Third edition. Revised and corrected by the authoress.
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Pagination xxii, 398
Date of Publication 1805
Edition Statement Third edition. Revised and corrected by the authoress.
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Date of First Publication 1797
Imprint Printed, by C. and W. Galabin, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, for Wynne and Scholey, no. 45, Paternoster-Row; W. Baynes, no. 54, Paternoster-Row; J. Scatchard, Ave-Maria-Lane; and Vernor and Hood, Poultry.
Colophon Printed by C. and W. Galabin, Ingram-Court, London.
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Bryan, Margaret. A compendious system of astronomy, in a course of familiar lectures, in which the principles of that science are clearly elucidated, so as to be intelligible to those who have not studied the mathematics: also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a key to the ephemeris, and a vocabulary of the terms of science used in the lectures, which latter are explained agreeably to their application in them. By Margaret Bryan. Third edition. Revised and corrected by the authoress.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26308, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26308. Accessed 2026-01-18. 

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