Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Title Page

Encyclopædia Britannica;

OR, A

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS and SCIENCES,

COMPILED UPON A NEW PLAN.

in which

The different Sciences and Arts are digested into
distinct Treatises or Systems;

and

The various Technical Terms, &c. are explained as they occur
in the order of the Alphabet.

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illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates.

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By a Society of GENTLEMEN in Scotland.

 

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IN THREE VOLUMES.

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VOL. I.

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EDINBURGH:

Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar;
And sold by C. Macfarquhar, at his Printing-office, Nicolson-street.

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M. DCC. LXXI.