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020			_a9781139103855 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
100	1		_aBryan, Margaret, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLectures on Natural Philosophy : _bThe Result of Many Years' Practical Experience of the Facts Elucidated / _cMargaret Bryan.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1806.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (470 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Physical Sciences
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aMargaret Bryan (c.1760-1816) taught natural science to women at a time when it was largely the preserve of men. She ran a boarding school for girls in Blackheath, London, from 1795 to 1806, and the curriculum included mathematics and sciences - rarely offered to young women. She published her lecture notes on astronomy in 1797, and after their positive reception she decided to undertake another volume of lectures. This resulting work, published in 1806, is a collection of Bryan's lectures on 'natural philosophy', containing thirteen chapters on topics such as mechanics, pneumatics and acoustics, magnetism and electricity. Each chapter provides illustrations, and at the end of the volume there is an appendix with astronomical and geographical questions and exercises, as well as a scientific glossary. These lectures provide a glimpse into the little-known world of women's education towards the end of the Georgian period.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108038089
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pPhysical Sciences.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139103855
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