ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH.

MDCCLIII.

Adm. Bil.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

DICTYONARY

AND OTHERS AND GENERAL INTERESTING

EIGHTH EDITION

WITH SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES AND ADDITIONS
BY THE EDITORS OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

VOLUME III

ADAM AND CHAMBERS LADY'S EDINBURGH

1859

Printed and Published by the Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, at the "Encyclopaedia Press," 1859.