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A

DICTIONARY

OF

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

C. Whittingham, College House, Chiswick.

DICTIONARY

OF

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE;

OR,

An Explanation of Words and Things

CONNECTED

WITH ALL THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS WOOD CUTS.

BY GEORGE CRABB, A. M.

AUTHOR OF ENGLISH SYNONYMES,' 'TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY,' AND
HISTORICAL DICTIONARY.'

MERCURY, guided by MINERVA, bearing SCIENCE round the World.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE:
J. CUMMING, DUBLIN ;

AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW.

1830.

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