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ENCYCLOPAEDIA LONDINENSIS; 
n' J 
OR, 
UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY 
OF N 
ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LITERATURE. 
COMPREHENDING, 
UNDER ONE GENERAL ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT, 
ALU THE WORDS AND SUBSTANCE OF 
EVERY KIND OF DICTIONARY EXTANT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
IN WHICH THE IMPROVED DEPARTMENTS OF 
THE MECHANICAL ARTS, THE LIBERAL SCIENCES, THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS, AND THE SEVERAL 
BRANCHES OF TOLITE LITERATURE, 
ARTS SELECTED FROM THE 
ACTS, MEMOIRS, AND TRANSACTIONS, OF THE MOST EMINENT LITERARY SOCIETIES 
IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AMERICA. 
FORMING A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE, OF HUMAN 
LEARNING IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD. 
• EMnETAISHEn BY A MOST 
MAGNIFICENT SET OF COP PER-PLATE ENGRAVINGS, 
ILLUSTRATING, AMONGST OTHER INTERESTING SUBJECTS, 
THE MOST CURIOUS, RARE, AND ELEGANT, PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE, IN EVERY PART OF THE UNIVERSE j 
AND ENRICHED 
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TOGETHER WITH 
A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF HERALDRY, 
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AND A COMPLETE HISTORY OF 
ALL THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD, 
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 
COMPILED, DIGESTED, AND ARRANGED, 
By JOHN WILKES, of M1LLAND HOUSE, in the COUNTY of SUSSEX, Esquire ; 
ASSISTED BY EMINENT SCHOLARS OF THE ENGLISH, SCOTCH, AND IRISH, UNIVERSITIES. 
VOLUME XI 
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