Excerpt from 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 EphemerisFor the minuteness of my descriptions - the inferences I have taken the liberty to make - and the digressions I have indulged m by way of reflect1on - 'i hope to be excused by those whose supe rior learning does not need the first, - whose judgment would lead them to make better 'than the second, and whose mature reason renders the last unnecessary to them; - begging them toobserve that these Lectures were written for my pupils, and not originally designed for public inspection.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.