THE EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPÆDIA, CONDUCTED BY DAVID BREWSTER, L. L. D. F.R. S. With the assistance of GENTLEMEN EMINENT IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, Corrected and improved by the addition of numerous articles relative to THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, ITS GEOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, CIVIL AND NATIONAL HISTORY, AND TO VARIOUS DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES. VOL. XVIII. Philadelphia: PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH PARKER. 1832. William Brown, Printer. |