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Excerpt from The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences and the Arts, for Popular Use; A Volume for Universal Reference The volume offers a comprehensive view of Literature, the Sciences and the Arts it 0mm articles on all the divisions and subdivisions of Agriculture, Astronomy, Biography, Botany, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, History, Horticulture, Mechanics, Nodicino, Mythology, Natural History, Philosophy, eto., eto.; and a thousand illustra tions have been included to increase its value as a practical instructor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.