THE 
BRITISH ENCYCLOPEDIA, 
OR 
DICTIONARY 
OF 
ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
COMPRISING 
AN ACCURATE AND POPULAR VIEW 
OF THE PRESENT 
IMPROVED STATE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. 
BY WILLIAM NICHOLSON, 
Author and Proprietor of tlie Philosophical Journal, and various other Chemical, Philosophical, and 
Mathematical Works. 
ILLUSTRATED WITH 
UPWARDS OF 150 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, 
BY 
MESSRS. LOWRY AND SCOTT. 
VOL. V S....Z. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM, 
Goswill Street} 
FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW ; 
. TOHVSnM- R BALDWIN - F AND C. RIVINGTON! A. STRAHAN ; T. PAYNE J J. STOOKDALE ; SCATCHERD 
' To LEWEMANrcu’™^ t-ACKINGTONANDCO.; VEMOR, HOOD AND 
SHARPE- I BUTTERWORTUi J. AND A. ARCH ; CADELL AND DAVIES ; S. BAGS! EE ; BLACK, PARRA, 
AN^ KING^BmtV ; J. HARDING , ]. MAWMAN ; P. AND .W. WYNNE ; SHERWOOD. NEELY, AND JONES 
D. C. COLLINS i AND T. WILSON AND SON. 
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