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. 
ILLUSTRATED WITH 
l 
UPWARDS OF 150 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, 
BY 
MESSRS. LOWRY AND SCOTT. 
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VOL. III. E....I. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED EY C. WHITTINGHAM, 
Goswell Street ; 
FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW ; 
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AND LETTERMAN ; CUTHELt AND MARTIN ; R. LEA ; LACKINGTON AND CO.,' VERNOR, HOOD, AND 
SHARPE ; J. BUTTERWORTH ; J. AND A. ARCH ; CADELL AND DAVIES ; S. BAGSTER ; BLACK, PARRY, 
AND KINGSBURY; J. HARDING; J. MAWMAN ; P. AND W. WYNNE ; SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES; 
B. C. COLLINS ; AND T. WILSON AND SON. 
1809. 
