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 the Philosophical Journal, and various other Chemical, Philosophical, and 
Mathematical Works. 
IIXUSTKATEU WITH 
UPWARDS OF 150 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, 
BY 
MESSRS. LOWRY AND SCOTT. 
VOL. I. A....B. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED BY C. WHPITIN GH AM, 
GonueU Street ; 
POK LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW; 
. JOHNSON , R. BALDWIN, F. AND C. KIVJNGTON; ^7"™/ HoSTInD 
AND I ETTERMAN; CUTRELL AND “^TrCH CABELL AM DAWES; S. BACSTER , BLACK, PARRY, 
MAWMAn/p. AND W. WYNNE : SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES; 
B. C. COLLINS ; AND T. WILSON AND SON. . 
1809. 
