Supplement to the Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Supplement to the Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Vol. 2 of 2

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