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Vol. XI. Van I. (Prke One Guinea, In boards), of
rrHE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOP4EDIA; or,
11 Dwthuoary of Arts and Sciences, and Miscellaneous Liters.
tun.—Conducted by DAVID BitEWa L.L.D. Fellow iif
the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh.and the Society of
Antiquaries ot.Scotlaud; and Honorary Member of the Literary
and Philosophical Society of New-York, and of the Royal Phy-
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