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SUMMARY

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GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, ,

BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN;

CONTAINING,
An Account of the Political State, and Principal REVOLUTIONS,

of the most Illustrious Nations in Ancient and Modern Times ;
their Manners and Customs; the Local Situation of Cities;
especially of such as have been distinguished by Memorable Events :

WITH
An Abridgment of the Fabulous HISTORY or MYTHOLOGY

of the GREEKS.

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TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,
An Historical Account of the Progress and Improvements of Astronomy and

GEOGRAPHY, from the earließ Periods to the Time of Sir Isaac NEWTON :
Allo, a brief Account of the Principles of the NEWTONIAN PHILOSO-
PHY, occasionally compared with the Opinions of the Ancients, concerning
the GENERAL and PARTICULAR PROPERTIES of MATTER; the Air, HEAT
and COLD, Light, and its Effects; the Laws of Motion; the PLANETARY
SYSTEM, &C.-With a Mort Description of the COMPONENT Parts of the
TERRAQUEOUS GLOBE, according to the Notions of the Ancients, and the

more accurate Discoveries of Modern Chemists.
Designed chiefly to connect the Study of CLASSICAL LEARNING

with that of GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

By ALEXANDER ADAM, LL.D.

RECTOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OF EDINBURGH.
WAIVERSITY
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The THIRD EDITION, Corrected.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,
A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX, containing the LATIN NAMES of
the Principal COUNTRIES, CITIES, RIVERS, and MOUNTAINS,
menrioned in the GREEK »nd ROMAN CLASSICS ;

With the MODERN NAMES 'ubjoined,
ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS.

LONDON:

Printed by A. Strahan, Printers. Street,
For T. CADELL Jun. and W. Davies in the Strand,
and W. CREECH, at Edinburgh.