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12 Encyclopaedia; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature 1798

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            E   NCYCL OP/E D IA;

                               OR,  A


DICTIONARY
                                OF


          ARTS, SCIENCES,
                                AND


    MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE;

                  Confirudted on a PLAN,
                             BY WHICH

            THE   DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS
                     Are digefted into the FORM of Diftindt

 TREATISES OR SYSTEMS,
                           COMPREHENDING

    THE   HISTORY, THEORY, and PRACTICE, of each,

             According to the Lateft Difcoveries and Improvements;
                  .4ND FULL EXPLANATlONS GIVEN OF THE

  VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE,
                         WHETHER RELATING TO

      NATURAL  and ARTIFICIAL Obje&s, 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 WITH
    A  DESCRIPTION of all the Countries, Cities, princip. 'Mountains, Seas, Rivers, U'c.
                          throughout the WORLD;
  A General HISTORY, 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 languagesl; the moft approved Didionaries, as well of general fcience as of its
   particular branches; the Tranfa&ions, Journals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Leatures of Eminent
      Profeffors on different felences; and a variety of Original Materials, furnifhed by an Extenfive Correfpondence.
      THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES, GREATLr IMPROVED.

   ILLUSTRATED  WITH  FIVE HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-TWO COPPERPLATES.

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                             M.DCC.X CVIII.
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