For farther particulars, see the Alphabetical Index, at the close of the work.
INTRODUCTION, page 15 :—Chap. I. SUBJECTS OF HUMAN KNOW-
LEDGE, 15-Chap. II. SOURCES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, 19;-The Ancient
Schools of Philosophy, 19;-Modern Learned Societies, 22;-Libraries, 23;
-Encyclopædias, 26:-Chap. III. CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN KNOWLedge,
28;-Former Classifications, 28;-The Proposed Classification, 32.
FIRST PROVINCE; PSYCHONOMY, page 39.
I. Department; GLOSSOLOGY, page 40:-Chap. I. GENERAL GRAM-
MAR, 42;-Orthology, 43;-Lexicology, 44;-Accidence, 45;-Syntax, 47;
-Prosody, 47:-Chap. II. ORIENtal Languages, 49;—Coptic, and Hiero-
glyphics, 49;-Semitic, and Hebrew, 50;-Arabic, 51;-Sanscrit, 52;—
Chinese, 54:-Chap. III. EUROPean Languages, 55; Pelasgic, and Greek,
55;—Latin, 57;—Italian, 58;—Spanish, 59;-French, 60;—Gothic, and
English, 62;-German, 63;-Celtic, 64;-Sclavonic, 65:-Chap. IV. BAR-
BAROUS LANGUAGES, 66;-American, 66;-African, 67;-Oceanic, 68.
II. Department; PSYCHOLOGY, page 69:-Chap. I. Rhetoric, 70;
—Qualities of Style, 71;-Figures of Speech, 72;-Principles of Taste, 73;
-Objects of Composition, 74;-Management of a Discourse, 75;-Princi-
ples of Elocution, 76:-Chap. II. LOGIC, 77;—Terms, and Conception, 77;
Propositions, and Judgment, 78;-Syllogisms, and Reasoning, 79;-Fal-
lacies, or Sophisms, 80;-Grounds of Judgment, 81;-Uses of Reason,
81: Chap. III. PHRENICS, 82;-Phrenology, 83;-Propensities, 84:-Sen-
timents, 84;-Perceptive Powers, 85;-Reflective Powers, 86:-Chap. IV.
ETHICS, 87;-Personal Duties, 88;-Cognate Duties, 89;-Social Duties,
90;-Religious Duties, 91 :-Chap. V. EDUCATION, 92;-Physical, 93;—In-
tellectual, 94;-Secular, 95;-Religious, 96;-Public and Private Educa-
tion, 96.
III. Department; NOMOLOGY, page 98:-Chap. I. POLITICAL PHILO-
SOPHY, 100;-Theory of Government, 101;-Principles of Legislation, 102;
-Of Adjudication, 103;-Of Administration, or Statesmanship, 104:-
Chap. II. INTERNATIONAL LAW, 105; Laws of Nations in Peace, 106;-In
War, 107;-Maritime Law, 108;-Commercial Law, 109:-Chap. III.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, 110;-Legislative Powers of the United States, 112;
-Executive Powers, 113;-Judicial Powers, 113;-State Rights and Re-
strictions, 114;-United States Statutes and Treaties, 115:-Chap. IV.
MUNICIPAL LAW, 116;-Laws of Persons, 118;-Of Property, 119;—Of
Crimes, 120;-Of Procedure, 120:-Chap. V. POLITICAL ECONOMY, 121;
-Production of Wealth, 122;-Distribution of Wealth, 123;-Exchanges
of Wealth, 124;-Consumption of Wealth, 125.
IV. Department; THEOLOGY, page 127:-Chap. I. PAGANISM, 129;
-Egyptian Mythology, 130;-Aramæan Mythology, 131;-Classic Mytho-
logy, 132;-Hindoo Mythology, 133;—Scandinavian Mythology, 135;—
Ind-American do., 136:-Chap. II. MOHAMEDANISM, 137;-History of Mo-
hamedanism, 137;-Doctrines of Mohamedanism, 138;-Practice of Mo-
hamedanism, 139 :—Chap. III. JUDAISM, 140;—History of Judaism, 140;—
Jewish Scriptures, 141;-Jewish Doctrines and Ceremonies, 142;—Jewish
Sects, 143-Chap. IV. CHRISTIANITY, 144;-Ecclesiastical History, 145;
-Christ and the Apostles, 145;-Persecutions and Toleration, 146;-Divi-
sion of the Church, 147;-Early Missions, 148;-Biblical Divinity, 148;—
Biblical Criticism, 148;-Patristic Theology, 149;-Apologetic Theology,
and Evidences, 150;—Sectarian Polity, 152;—Catholic Churches, 153;—
The Reformation, and Early Protestants, 154;-Later Protestants, 156.
SECOND PROVINCE; ETHNOLOGY, page 159.
V. Department; GEOGRAPHY, page 160;-Physical Geography,
162: Chap. I. ASIATIC GEOGRAPHY, 165;—Asiatic Turkey, 166;-Persia,
168;-Hindoostan, 168;-China, 169;-Tartary and Siberia, 170:-Chap.
II. EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY, 171;-Turkey and Greece, 172;-Italy and
Spain, 173;-France, 174;-Great Britain and Belgium, 175;-Germany,
176;-Austria and Prussia, 177;-Sweden and Russia, 178:-Chap. III.
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY, 178;-Egypt, 179;—Barbary, Sahara, and Nubia,
180;-Nigritia, and Guinea, 181;-Southern and Eastern Africa, 182;-
African Islands, 183:-Chap. IV. NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY, 183;—
Greenland, 184;-British America, 185;-The United States, 186;-
Mexico, 188; West Indies, 188:-Chap. V. SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY,
189;-Brazil, 189;-Venezuela, New Grenada, and Peru, 190;-Bolivia,
and La Plata, 191;-Patagonia, 192:-Chap. VI. OCEANIC GEOGRAPHY,
192;-Malaysia, 193;-Australasia, 194;-Polynesia, 194.
VI. Department; CHRONOGRAPHY, page 196;-Chronology, 198:
-Chap. I. EUCLASSIC CHRONOGRAPHY, 201;-History of the Jews, 202 ;—
History of Ancient Egypt, 203;—Of Assyria and Persia, 204 ;--Of Syria and
Carthage, 205;-History of Ancient Greece, 206;-Of Rome, 207;-By-
zantine History, 209 :-Chap. II. ORIENTAL CHRONOGRAPHY, 210;—Arabian
History, 210;-Moorish History, 211;-Turkish, 212;-Modern Persian
History, 213;-East Indian, 214;-Chinese, 215;-Abyssinian, 216;—
South African, and Oceanic History, 217:-Chap. III. EUROPEAN CHRONO-
GRAPHY, 217;-History of Italy, 218;-Of Spain, 221;-Of France, 222,
History of Great Britain, 224;-Of Germany, 227;-Of Austria and Prussia
229;-Of Denmark, 230;-History of Sweden and Poland, 231;-Of
Russia, 232:-Chap. IV. AMERICAN CHRONOGRAPHY, 233;-History of the
British Provinces, 233;-Of the United States, 234;-Of Mexico, 237 ;-
Of the West Indies, and Brazil, 238;-Of New Grenada, and Peru, 239 ;-
Of Chili and La Plata, 240;-Of Paraguay, 241.
VII. Department; BIOGRAPHY, page 242;-Heraldry, 243:-
Chap. I. EUCLASSIC BIOGRAPHY, 248;—Jewish, 248;-Egyptian, 249;—
Assyrian, 250;-Grecian, 250 ;-Roman, 252 ;-Byzantine, 254:-Chap. II.
ORIENTAL BIOGRAPHY, 254 ;--Arabian, 255;—Turkish, and Persian, 256;—
East Indian, 256;-Chinese, 257:-Chap. III. EUROPEAN BIOGRAPHY, 257;
-Italian, 258;-Spanish, 260 ;-Portuguese, 261;-French, 261;—British,
264;-Dutch, 267;-Swiss, 268;-German, 269;-Danish, and Swedish,
271;-Polish and Russian, 272-Chap. IV. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 272;
-United States Biography, 272;-Mexican, 276;-Brazilian, 277;-Co-
lombian and Peruvian, 277;-Chilian and Buenos Ayrean, 278.
VIII. Department; CALLOGRAPHY, page 279;-Poetry, 280;
-Romance, 281:-Chap. I. EUCLASSIC CALLOGRAPHY, 283;-Grecian
Poetry, 283;-Grecian Oratory, 286;-Roman Poetry, 286;-Roman Ora-
tory, 288: Chap. II. ORIENTAL CALLOGRAPHY, 288;-Arabian Poetry,
and Romance, 289;-Turkish and Persian, 290;-Hindoo, 291;-Chinese,
292:-Chap. III. EUROPEAN CALLOGRAPHY, 293;-Italian Poetry, 294;
-Italian Romance, 295;-Spanish Callography, 296;-Portuguese, 297;
-French, 298;-British, 301;-Dutch, 305;-German, 306;-Danish,
and Swedish, 308;-Polish, and Russian, 309: Chap. IV. AMERICAN
CALLOGRAPHY, 310;-United States Poetry, 310;-American Romance,
312;-American Eloquence, 312.
THIRD PROVINCE; PHYSICONOMY, page 313.
IX. Department; MATHEMATICS, page 314:-Chap. I. Arith-
METIC, 316;-Ground Rules, 317;-Denominate Numbers, 318;-Frac-
tions, 319;-Proportion, 320;-Mercantile Rules, 321;--Powers and
Progressions, 321 :--Chap. II. ALGEBRA, 322;-Preliminary Rules, 323;—
Equations, 324;-Powers and Roots, 325;-Theory of Equations, 326;—
Series, and Logarithms, 326 :-Chap. III. GEOMETRY, 327;-Elements of
Geometry, 328;-Plane Figures, 329;-Solid Figures, 330;-Descriptive
Geometry, 331:-Chap. IV. ANCYLOMETRY, 332;-Trigonometry, 334 ;—
Coördinates, 335;-Conic Sections, 335 :-Chap. V. RHEOMETRY, 337;-
Differential Calculus, 338;-Integral Calculus, 340.
X. Department; ACROPHYSICS, page 342:-Chap. I. MECHANICS,
345;-Statics, 346;-Dynamics, 347;-Hydrics, 348;-Pneumatics, 349:
-Chap. II. ASTRONOMY, 350;-Descriptive Astronomy, 352;-Siderial,
354;-Physical and Practical Astronomy, 355 :-Chap. III. OPtics, 356;
-Catoptrics, 358;-Dioptrics, 358;-Physical Optics, 359;-Practical
Optics, 360-Chap. IV. CERAUNICS, 361;-Calorics, 363;-Electricity,
363;-Galvanism, 364;-Magnetism, 365;-Electro-Magnetism, 366;—
Meteorology, 366:-Chap. V. CHEMISTRY, 367;-Non-Metallic, 368;—
Metallic, 370;-Organic, 371;-Analytic Chemistry, 372.
XI. Department; IDIOPHYSICS, page 373:-Chap. I. ZOOLOGY, 375;
-Zoonomy, 377;-Mazology, 378;-Ornithology, 379;-Herpetology,
379;-Ichthyology, 380;-Malacology, 381;—Arthrology, 382;-Acti-
nology, 383-Chap. II. BOTANY, 383;-Botanical Terminology, 384 ;—
Phytonomy, 385;-Systematic Botany, 386;-Descriptive Botany, 388:-
Chap. III. MINERALOGY, 389;-Crystallography, 390;-Idiographic Mine-
ralogy, 391; Systematic and Descriptive Mineralogy, 393 :—Chap. IV.
GEOLOGY, 395;-Introductory Geology, 396;-Systematic Geology, 397;
-Physical Geology, 400;-Descriptive Geology, 401.
XII. Department; ANDROPHYSICS, page 402:-Chap. I. ANDRO-
NOMY, (Anatomy and Physiology), 404 ;-General Anatomy, 406;-Osteo-
logy, 406;-Myology, 407;-Neurology, 408;-Angiology, 409;-Splanch-
nology, 410:--Chap. II. PHARMACOLOGY, 412:-Therapeutics, 413;-
Materia Medica, 414;-Pharmacy, 416;-Toxicology, 417:-Chap. III.
THEREOLOGY, 418;-Hygienics, 420;-Febrile Diseases, 421;-Eruptive
Diseases, 422;-Nervous Diseases, 423;-Secretive Diseases, 424 :--Chap.
IV. CHIRURGERY, 425;-Vulnar Surgery, 425;-Normal Surgery, 427;—
Topical Surgery, 428
FOURTH PROVINCE; TECHNOLOGY, page 430.
XIII. Department; ARCHITECHNICS, page 431:-Chap. I. Hy-
lurgy, 433;—Metallurgy, 434;-Earthy Materials, 435;-Organic Ma-
terials, 436;-Strength of Materials, 437:-Chap. II. MACHINERY, 438;-
Elements of Machinery, 440;-Water Power, 440;-Wind Power, 441;
Steam Power, 442 :—Chap. III. Architecture, 443;-Elements of Archi-
TECTURE, 444;-Oriental, 445 ;-Classic, 445;-Gothic, 447 :-Chap. IV.
VIATECTURE, 447;-Roads, 449;-Railroads, 449;-Canals, and Water
Works, 450;-River and Harbor Improvements, 450:-Chap. V. NAVI-
TECTURE, 451;-Ship Building, 452;-Rigging, 453;-Steamboats, 454:—
Chap. VI. NAVIGATION, 455;—Seamanship, 456;-Dead Reckoning, 457;
Astronomical Navigation, 458.
Fertilizing the Soil, 463;-Cultivation of Vegetables, 464;-Rearing of
Animals, 465-Chap. II. HORTICULTURE, 466-Landscape Gardening,
467;—Kitchen Gardening, 468;-Botanical Gardening, 468:-Chap. III.
DOMICULTURE, 469;-Housekeeping, 470 ;-Cookery, 470;-Butlery, 472:
-Chap. IV. Vestiture, 472 ;—Linen Manufacture, 474;-Cotton, 474;—
Woollen, 475;-Silk Manufacture, 476:-Chap. V. FURNITURE, 477;
Vitrefactures, 478 ;—Metallifactures, 478;—Horology, and Musical Instru-
ments, 479;-Cabinet and Carriage Work, 480:-Chap. VI. COMMERCE,
480;-Principles of Commerce, 481;-Sources of Commerce, 482;-Cam-
bistry, 483;-Book-keeping, 484.
XV. Department; MACHETECHNIOS, page 485:-Chap. I. Ho-
PLISTICS, 487;--Ordnance, 489;-Ammunition, 490;-Equipments, 491 :-
Chap. II. FORTIFICATION, 493;-Field Fortification, 494;-Permanent Forti-
fication, 495;-Attack and defence of Places, 497:-Chap. III. GEOTACTICS,
498;-Infantry Tactics, 499;-Artillery, 501;-Cavalry Tactics, 502:-
Chap. IV. STRATEGY, 503;-Preliminary Operations, 504;-Marches, 506;
Battles, 507:-NAVITACTICS, 508;-Naval Armaments, 510;-Naval En-
gagements, 511;-Manœuvres of Fleets, 512.
XVI. Department; CALLOTECHNICS, page 514:-Chap. I.
PRINTING, 516;-Writing, 517;-Common Printing, 518;-Engraving, 519;
-Paper Making, 520;-Telegraphs, 521-Chap. II. PAINTING, 521;-
Drawing, 523;-Shading, 524;-Colouring, 525;-Pinacography, 525:-
Chap. III. SCULPTURE, 527;-Modelling, 528;-Carving, 529;-Casting,
530;-Glyphography, 530:-Chap. IV. Music, 531;-Physical Theory
of Music, 533;-Musical Notation, 534;-Musical Composition, 535;—
Musical Productions, 535 :-Chap. V. ARGICS, 536;-Field and Water
Sports, 538;-Gymnastics and Calisthenics, 539;-Games of Chance and
Skill, 540.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, page 541 :-Glossology, 542;-Psychology, 543;
-Nomology, 544;-Theology, 545;-Geography, 547;-Chronography,
549-Biography, 550;-Callography, 552;-Mathematics, 553;-Acro-
physics, 554;-Idiophysics, 555;-Androphysics, 557;-Architechnics,
558;-Chreotechnics, 559;-Machetechnics, 561;-Callotechnics, 562.
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