AN
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
OP
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
IK THOSE
ARTS AND SCIENCES,
WHICH ARE OF
UTILITY OR OK NAM FAT TO MAN
LEND ASSISTANCE TO HUMAN COMFORT, A POLISH TO LIFE, AND RENDERTHE CIVILIZED STATE, BEYOND COMPARISON, PREFERABLETO A STATE OF NATURE ;
TRACED FROM THEIR ORIGIN;
WITH EVERY SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENT.
HA .1. R LAKE WILLIAMS
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN,
rRlXCR S STREET# HANOVER-SQUiKE.
1820 .