Encyclopædia Britannica;

OR, A

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS and SCIENCES,

COMPILED UPON A NEW PLAN.

in which

The diferent Sciences and Arts are digested into
distinct Treatises or Systems;

AND

The various Technical Terms, &c, are explained as they occur
in the order of the Alphabet.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY COPPERPLATES.

By a Society of GENTLEMEN in Scotland.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:

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