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ENCYCLOP/ED IA;
OR, A
11 C T 1 0 N A R Y
OF
ARTS, SCIENCES,
AND
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE;
ConftruEted on a PLAN,
BY WHICH
THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS
Are digefted into the FORM of diftinat
TREATISEIS OR SYSTEMS,
C 0 M P R E H E N D I N G
THE HISTORY, THEORY, and PRACTICE, of each,
According to the Lateft Difcoveries and Improvements;
AND PULL EXPLANATIONS GIVEN OF THE
VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE,
WHETHER RELATING TO
NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL Objeffs, or to Matters ECCLESIASTICAL,
CIVIL, MILITARY, COMMERCIAL, &C.
Including ELUCIDATIONS of the moft important Topics relative to RELIGION, MORALS, MANNERS.
and the OECONOMY of LIFE.
TOGETHER TVITH
A DESCRIPTION of all the Countries, Cities, principal Mountains, Seas, Rivers, '
throughout the WORLD;
A General HISTORY, Ancient and Modern, of the different Empires, Kingdoms, and States;
ANDr
An Account of the LIVES of the molt Eminent Perfons in every Nation,
from the earlieft ages down to the prefent times.
Coixpiled fromthe writings of the beft authors in feveral languages; the moft approved Didionaries, as well of general fcience as of its
particular branches; the Tranfadtions, Journals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Le&ures of Eminent
Profeffors on different fciences; and a variety of Original Materials, furnifhed by an Extenfive Correfpondence.
THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, iN EIGHTEEN FOLUMES, GREATLr IMPROVED.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO COPPERPLATES.
V O L. XI. MED-MID
INDOCTI DISCANT, ET AMENT MEMINISSE PERIT1.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTD EY THOMAS DOBSON, AT THE STONE-HOUSE, No 41, SOUTH SECOND-STRELT-
M.D CC.XC oVIII.
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