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ENCYCL OPAED IA;
OR, A
DICTIONARY
OF
ARTS, SCIENCES,
AND
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE;
ConftruEted on a PLAN,
BY WHICH
THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS
Are digefted into the FORM of Diftint
TREATISES OR SYSTEMS,
COMPREHENDING
THE HISTORY, THEORY, and PRACTICE, of each,
According to the Latefl 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, COMMERCIAL, &C.
Ineluding ELUCIDATIONS of the moft important Topics relative to RELIGION, MORALS, MANNERS,
and. the OECONOMY of LIFE:
TOGETHER WITIL
A DEscRIPTION of all the Countries, Cities, principal Mountains, Seas, Rivers, ,c.
throughout the WORLD';
A General HI.svoeRY, Ancient and Modern, of the different Empires, Kingdoms,. and States;.
AN D
An Account of the LIVEs of the moff 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 Didlionaries, as well of general fcience as of its
particular branches; the Tranfa&ions, Journals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Leaures of Eminent
Profeffors on different feiences; and a variety of Original Materials, furniflied by an Extenfive Correfpondence.
THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES, GREATLr IMPROVED.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO COPPERPLATES.
V O L. X. LES-MEC
INDOCTI DISCANT, ET AMENT MEMINISSE PERITI.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED BY THOMAS DOBSON, AT THE STONE HOUSE, No 41, SOUTH SECOND STRET.
M.DCC.XCVIII.
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