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PREFACE.

seen in the table of contents. It is sufficient here to haveexplained the principles, and the views, with which theauthor has engaged in the work. How far these principlesand these views have a just foundation, or may tend to theadvancement of arts and useful knowledge, and whetherthis laborious and expensive undertaking shall be dropt or,prosecuted, is left to the determination of the publick.

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