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ENCYCLOPA'D IA;
O R, A
D I C T I 0 N A R Y
OF
ARTS, SCIENCES,
AND
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE;
Conftrufted on a PLAN,
BY WHICH
THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS
Are digefled into the FORM of diftindk
TREATISES OR SYSTEMS,
C 0 M P RE H E N D I N G
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, COMMERCIAL, &C.
Including ELUCIDATIONS of the moft important Topics relative to RELIGION, MORALS, MANNERS).
and the OEcONoXviv 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 Li VES 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 Tranfa&ions, Journals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Le6tures of Eminent
Profeffors on different fciences; and a variety of Original Materials, furnified by an Extenfive Correfpondence.
THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES, GREATLY IMPROVED.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO COPPERPLATES.
V O L. XVI. RAN-SCO
INDOCTI DISCANT, ET AMENT MEMINISSE PERITI.
.PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED BY THOMAS DOBSON, AT THE STONE-HOUSE, No 41, SOUTH SECOND-STREET.
M.DCC.XCVIII.
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