ON THK 



IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY 



BY THB 



DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE 



AN ILLUSTRATION 



OP THB 



ADVANTAGES WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM A MORE GENERAL DISSEMINATION 

 OF RATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AMONG ALL RANKS 



ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. 



BY THOMAS DICK, 



AUTHOR OF A VARIETY OF LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC COMM UN1CA TJukJ 



IN NICHOLSON S PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, THE ANNALI 



OF PHILOSOPHY, ETC. ETC. 



Knowledge Is power.&quot; Lurd Bacon. 



HARTFORD: 

 PUBLISHED BY A. C. GOODMAN & CO. 



1850. 



