# 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.
Illustrated by Engravings.
VOLUME FIRST.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH; AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND COMPANY, LONDON.
1824.
* 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.
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.
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 | See Wind-Gage. |
Angle.
Angle.— — — Trisection of.
Anglesey.
Animal-Flower. See Radiata.
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.
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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* ↑ This, and the following reference, were omitted in their proper place in the Volume.
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