TECORD

AMERICAN

OF

EDITION.

Nicholson's

BRITISH ENCYCLOPEDIA

a Didienary of)

ARTS & SCIENCES

AMERICAN EDITION

OF 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 180 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS.

VOL. VI.

PHILADELPHIA :

PUBLISHED BY MITCHELL, AMES, AND WHITE.

ALSO,

BY INGRAM AND LLOYD, NASHVILLE.

William Brown, Printer.

1819.