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

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             ENCYCL OPAED IA;

                               OR,   A


 DICTIONARY



           ARTS, SCIENCES,



     MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE;

                   Confiruted on a PLAN,
                             BY  WHICH
            THE   DIFFERENT     SCIENCES    AND   ARTS

                     Are digefted into the FORM of Diftinct

 TREATISES OR SYSTEMS,
                           COMPREHENDING

    THE   HISTORY, THEORY, and PRACTICE, of each,

             According to the-LateR 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.
Jncluding 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 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 languages; the moft approved Di&ionaries, as well of general fcience as of its,
   particular branches; the TranfaffionsJournals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Ledures of Eminent
      Profeffors on different fciences; and a variety of Original Materials, furnified by an Extenfive Correfpondence.
      THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES, GREATLr IMPROVED.

   ILLUSTRATED  WITH  FIVE HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-TWO COPPERPLATES.

                    V 0 L. XV.          PLA-RAN
                    INDOCTI DISCANT, ET AMENT MEMINISSE PERITI.

                      PHILADELPHIA:
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                             M.DCC.X CVIII*
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