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

UPWARDS OF 150 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS,

BY

MESSRS. LOWRY AND SCOTT.

VOL. V. N....R.

LONDON:

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FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW;

1. JOHNSON; R. BALDWIN; F. AND C. RIVINGTON; A. STRAHAN; T. PAYNE; J. STOCKDALE; SCATCHERD
AND LETTERMAN; CUTHELL AND MARTIN; R. LEA; LACKINGTON AND CO.; VERNOR, HOOD, AND
SHARPE; J. BUTTERWORTH; J. AND A. ARCH; CADELL AND DAVIES; S. BAGSTER, BLACK, PARRY,
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1809.

The Binder is requested to place the Plates in the following order, taking care to make all the Plates face an even Page, unless otherwise directed.

AVES X. opposite the article PASCAL.

XI. opposite the article PENGUIN.

XII. in the middle of Sheet M m.

ENTOMOLOGY III. at the end of Sheet H.

MACHINE FOR BORING PIPES, opposite the article PIRATE.
MAMMALIA XVII. opposite the article OUNCE.
XVIII. in the middle of Sheet P p.

MISCELLANIES XII. in the middle of Sheet E e.
XIII. at the end of Sheet M m.

OBSERVATORY, opposite the article OBSIDIAN.
OPTICS I. and II. at the end of the article OPTICS.
ORGAN I. and II. at the end of Sheet E.
ORYCTOLOGY I. in the middle of Sheet F.

II. at the end of Sheet F.

PAPER MILL, at the end of the article Paper.
PARABOLA, in the middle of Sheet I.

PENTAGRAPH, at the end of Sheet L.

PERAMBULATOR, second leaf of Sheet M.

PERSPECTIVE, at the end of the article PERSPECTIVE.

PLANETARIUM, in the middle of Sheet Cc.

PNEUMATICS, opposite the article PNEUMORa.

PRESSES, second leaf in H h.

REFLECTING CIRCLE, opposite the article REFORMATION.
ROLLING MILL, opposite the article ROMAN CATHOLICS.

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