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ENCYCL OPED IA;
O R, A
DICTIONARY
OF
ARTS, SCIENCES,
AND
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE;
ConfliruEted on a PL AN,
BY WHICH
THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS
Are digefled into the FORM of DiftinaL
TREA'TISES oR SYSTEMS,
COMPREHENDING
THE HISTORY, THEORY, and PRACTICE, of each,
According to the Lateft Difcoveries and Improvements;
AND FULL EXPLANATIONS GIVEN OF THE
VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE,
WHETHER RELATING TO
NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL Obje&s, or to Matters ECCLESIASTICAL,
CIVIL, MILITARY, CO1VnERCIAL, &C.
Including ELucIDATIoNs of the moft important Topics relative to RELIGION, MORALS, MANNERS,
and the OECONOMY of LIFE :
TOGETHER WITH
A DESCRIPTION of all the Countries, Cities, principal Mountains, Seas, Rivers, &c.
throughout the WORLD;
A General HISToaR, Ancient and Modern, of the different Empires, Kingdoms, and States;
AND
An Account of. the LIVES of the moft Eminent Perfons in every Nation,
from the earlieft ages down to the prefent times.
Compiled from the writings of the beft Authors, in feveral languages; the moft approved Didianaries, as well of general fcience as of its
particular branches; the Tranfaitions, Journals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Lealures of Eminent
Profeffors on different fciences; and a variety of Original Materials, furnilhed by an Extenfive Correfponldence.
THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMfES, GREATLY IMPROVED.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO COPPERPLATES.
V OL. I. A-ANG
INDOCTI DISCANT, ET AMENT MEMINISSE PERITI.
PHILADELPHIAe
PRINTED BY THOMAS DOBSON, AT THE STONE HOUSES No 41, SOUTH SECOND STREET.
M. DC C. XCVIII.
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