THE

BRITISH ENCYCLOPEDIA,

OR

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

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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 We
Works.

ILLUSTRATED WITH

UPWARDS OF 150 ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS,

BY

MESSRS. LOWRY AND SCOTT.

VOL. VI. S....Z.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM,

Goswell Street;

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

J. 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,
AND KINGSBURY; J. HARDING; J. MAWMAN; P. AND W. WYNNE; SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES;
1. C. COLLINS; AND T. WILSON AND SON.

1809.

LIST OF PLATES

IN

VOL. VI.

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.

AMPHIBIA II. at the end of Sheet B b.
AVES XIII. opposite the article STERNA.
XIV. at the end of Sheet LI.

ENTOMOLOGY IV. in the middle of Sheet H h.

LOOM, opposite the article WEAVING.

MAMMALIA XIX. end of Sheet L.

XX. end of Sheet Z.

XXI. end of Sheet L 1.

MISCELLANIES XIV. in the middle of Sheet A a.

XV. opposite the article TRINOMIAL.
XVI. at the end of the article WRITING.

PISCES VI. in the middle of the Last Sheet.

SAW MILL, Opposite the article SAXIFRAGA,

SCOTOGRAPH, opposite the article SCRIBING.

SHORT HAND I. and II. at the end of the article SHORT HAND.

STEAM ENGINE I. and II. opposite the article STEATITE.

SUGAR MILL, at the end of the article SUGAR.

WATCH WORK, in the middle of Sheet M m.

WIND MILL, at the end of Sheet O o.