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ENCYCLOPAEDIA:

DICTIONARY

OF THE

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COMPREHENDING ALSO THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF

MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE.

IN THIS WORK

ALL THE SCIENCES ARE DIGESTED IN A SYSTEMATIC FORM,

AND EXHIBITED ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT HIGHLY IMPROVED STATE OF KNOWLEDGE;

AND

- Every Term of Art amply explained in Alphabetical Order.

The whole including all the Modern Discoveries in

astronomy, chemistry, electricity, galvanism, geography,

DOMESTIC AND POLITICAL (ECONOMY, &c. &c. &c.

WITH A GENERAL VIEW OF ALL

Empires, Kingdoms, States, Countries, Mountains, Seas, Rivers, Lakes, fyc. §e.

AND A CONCISE ACCOUNT OP

PATRIARCHS, prophets, apostles, philosophers, poets, painters, authors and their

WORKS, HEROES, IAWYERS, AND STATESMEN,.

WITH EVERY OTHER TOPIC OF INFORMATION ESSENTIAL TO A WORK OF THIS NATURE.

BY THE

REV. W. M. JOHNSON, A. M.

CURATE OF HENBURY, AND CHAPLAIN TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HUTCHINSON;

AND

THOMAS EXLEY, A. M.

TEACHER OF THE MATHEMATICS, BRISTOL.

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