AMERICAN EDITION 



OF THE 



BRITISH ENCYCLOPEDIA, 



OR 



DICTIONARY 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



COMPRISING 



AN ACCURATE AND POPULAR VIEW 



OF THE PRESENT 



IMPROVED STATE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. 



BY WILLIJLM JVICH0LS0JV, 



Author and Proprietor of the Philosophical Journal, ind various other Chemical, Philosophical, ai' 

 Mathematical Works. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



UPWARDS OF 180 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS. 

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1818. 



