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BOOK

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
Creator:
Bryan, Margaret, fl. 1815
Publication:
Printed for the author, London, 1797.
Call #:  
520 B84C
Extent:
xxx, 311 p. : front. (port.), diagrs. ; 27 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
A compendious system of astronomy, in a course of familiar lectures
Creator:
Bryan, Margaret, fl. 1815
Publication:
Printed by H. L. Galabin, London, 1799.
Call #:  
520 B84C.2
Extent:
xxxviii, 415 p. : front. (port.), (fold.) plates.



BOOK

Title:  
The new American grammar of the elements of astronomy: on an improved plan: in three books. I. The use of the terrestrial globe in the solution of geographical and astronomical problems. II. The use of the celestial globe in the solution of problems, relative to the sun, planets, and fixed stars. III. The so
Creator:
Ryan, James, 1794 or 5-1839
Publication:
Collins and Hannay, New York, 1827.
Notes:  
Not in Sabin.
Call #:  
520.7 R95N.A
Extent:
iv, 375 p. : illus., plates ; sextodecimo.



BOOK

Title:  
An introduction to astronomy: In a series of letters, from a preceptor to his pupil, in which the most useful and interesting parts of the science are clearly and familiarly explained
Creator:
Bonnycastle, John, 1750?-1821
Publication:
Printed for J. Johnson, London, Eng, 1807.
Call #:  
520 B64I.5
Extent:
vi, [2], 385, [19] leaves of plates (some fold.) ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.



PAMPHLET

Title:  
Distribución geográfica de las cátedras titulared universitarias de Astronomía y Meteorología existentes en 1900 y 1937
Creator:
Sparn, Enrique.
Publication:
Imprenta de la Universidad, Córdoba, 1940.
Notes:  
Del Boletín de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Córdoba, Año II (1939), Nros. 3 y 4.
Call #:  
520 Pam. no.184
Extent:
21 p. : maps ; 25 cm.



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1839-1849
Abstract:  

In these letters to Caroline Watts, a young friend and teacher in Durham, England, Spencer writes principally about the teaching of geometry and astronomy. He also comments on current political and literary events in England, including John Bright's defeat, the Corn Laws, and theories about health and religion. There is frequent mention of his brother Thomas Spencer, and his son Herbert Spencer.
Call #:  
Mss.B.Sp32
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet