Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica/Volume First

SUPPLEMENT

to the

FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH EDITIONS

of the

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA.

WITH PRELIMINARY DISSERTATIONS

on the

HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES.

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Illustrated by Engravings.

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VOLUME FIRST.

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EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH;
AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND COMPANY,
LONDON.

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1824.

Special sections (not listed in original)

• Preface
• Signatures to the Articles and Treatises contained in this Work
• Advertisement
• Dissertation First: Exhibiting a general view of the progress of Metaphysical, Ethical, and Political Philosophy, since the revival of letters in Europe
• Directions for placing the Plates

Table

of the

Articles and Treatises

Contained in this Volume.

 

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Abdallatif, or Abdollatiph.

Aberdeenshire.

Aberration (Spherical). See Catoptrics and Dioptrics.

Abortion.

Aboulfeda, or Abulfeda.

Absentee.

Abulfazel.

Abu-Teman.

Abyssinia.

Academies.

Academies.— — — Military and Naval.

Acephala. See Mollusca.^[1]

Achromatic Glasses.

Ackermann (John Christian Gottlieb).

Acosta (Joseph D’).

Acoustics.

Adam (Alexander).

Adanson (Michael).

Adelung (John Christopher).

Aden.

Adhesion.

Admiral.

Admiral,— — — Lord High.

Admiralty, High Court of.

Æpinus (Francis Ulrich Theodore).

Aerolite. See Meteorolite.

Aeronautics.

Africa.

African Company.

African— — — Institution.

Agnesi (Maria Gaetana).

Agriculture.

Aguesseau (Henry Francis D’).

Air. See Climate and Meteorology.

Albania.

Alcarrazas. See Cooling.

Alcoometer.

Aleutian Islands.

Alfarabius.

Alfergan, or Alfragan.

Alfieri (Victor).

Alhazen.

Aliments. See Dietetics.

Alkalimeter.

Allan (David).

Alum.

Amboyna.

America, Continent of.

America,— — — United States of. See United States.

Ames (Fisher).

Amman (John Conrad).

Amman— — — (Paul).

Ammoniac, Sal.

Amphibia. See Vertebrosa.

Ana.

Analysis, Algebraical. See Mathematical Analysis.

Analysis,— — — Chemical. See Chemical Analysis.

Analysis,— — — Geometrical. See Mathematical Analysis.

Analysis,— — — Metaphysical. See Metaphysical Analysis.

Anatomy, Animal.

Anatomy, Comparative.

Anatomy,— — — Vegetable.

Anchor and Anchor-making.

Anderson (Alexander).

Anderson— — — (James).

Andes.

Andrews (James Pettit).

Anemometer See Wind-Gage. Anemoscope

Angle.

Angle.— — — Trisection of.

Anglesey.

Animal-Flower. See Radiata.^[2]

Animalcule. See Radiata.

Annuities.

Annuities.— — — (Addendum to, p. 647.)

Annulosa.

Anquetil (Lewis).

Anquetil— — — (Du Perron).

Ant.

Antrim.

Anvil.

Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D’).

Apiary.

Apprentice.

Apprenticeship.

Aqua Tofana.

Arachnides. See Annulosa.

Aræometer.

Araucanians.

Arcon (J. C. S. Le Michaud D’).

Arcy (Patrick D’).

Argyleshire.

Arithmetic.

Arithmetic.— — — Political. See Political Arithmetic.^[3]

Armagh.

Army. See Tactics.

Arnaud De Ronsil (George).

Arran. See Buteshire.

Arreoys.

Arts, Fine.

Asia.

Asphaltites, or Dead Sea.

Assam.

Assaying.

Assurance of Lives.

Astronomy, Physical.

Astronomy,— — — Practical. See Observatory.

Atmometer.

Atmosphere. See Climate and Meteorology.

Atomic Theory.

Attraction.

Attraction— — — of Mountains. See Mountains, Attraction of.

Atwood (George).

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